The first train of the day enters Blue Anchor. The signalman prepares to exchange 'tokens' with the footplate crew. The token ensures that only one train can enter a single line section at a time,... (more)
"Large Prairie" class 2-6-2 tank engine # 4160 of the West Somerset Railway in the Bishops Lydeard station, just arrived from Minehead.
2-6-2 "Large Prairie" tank locomotive # 4160 of the West Somerset Railway with a train between Blue Anchor and Dunster. Locomotive was built in 1948 in Swindon for the British Railways.
4160 in tha last rays of sun ready to leave Hoboken. NJT radio and microvave tower in the background.
Bishops Lydeard to Minehead train. This scene has hardly changed in 50 years. Watchet is a pretty old fishing harbor on the edge of the Quantock Hills. Nikon FE, 50mm. Kodacolor 400. 1/500 f11
