Motcombe; Battle of Britain Class No. 34067 ‘Tangmere’ on passenger service; G A Richardson

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Description

Battle of Britain Class No. 34067 Tangmere with a passenger service of seven carriages at Motcombe, between Semley and Gillingham on the Salisbury-Exeter line.

Reporting number displayed is 464 and the leading carriage set is No. 856. From the high res. image, it appears that there are two 3-car sets with an additional carriage in the middle.

The locomotive is shown as allocated to Salisbury from May 1961 until October/November 1963, after which it was withdrawn. 34067 was subsequently preserved.

Photo by G A Richardson. Copyright S&DRT. Our ref. WSHSD_2022_14_888.

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