Description

“Peter Smith of Branksome sends a shovelful of ovoids on to the blinding fire of Standard 5 No. 73019 near Masbury during a northbound run on the Pines Express.” These are the photographer’s words in his 1975 book published by Bradford Barton.

Peter and his usual driver, Donald Beale were well-known on the S&D for their locomotive handling.

On 5 January 1962, Donald and Peter gave Tony Richardson a footplate ride from Blandford to Bath and back again to Blandford. There is a selection of images from this day, as shown below.

Photo by G A Richardson. Copyright S&DRT. Our ref. WSHSD_2022_14_493.

All images in this group:

WSHSD_2022_14_493: for a view of Peter firing 73019 on the tough climb to Masbury summit.

WSHSD_2022_14_204: for another view of Peter firing 73019.

WSHSD_2022_14_205: Donald Beale and Peter Smith turning 73019 at Bath.

WSHSD_2022_14_206: Ditto.

WSHSD_2022_14_356: Peter back on the footplate.

Also see WSHSD_2022_14_096 for a posed photo of the duo on a locomotive footplate.

9 x 6 cm medium format negative.

Image width 800 pixels, available for immediate download. For personal use only. Publishing by any means, including social media, is prohibited. Higher resolutions of this image are available for personal and commercial use; please see photo enquiries page.