The date is January, 1961 and locomotive number 563, built in 1893 and in service up to 1946, is being loaded at Southampton’s Town Quay ready for its journey to a transport museum in London.
In decades past this class of engine frequently hauled boat trains between Southampton docks and the capital.
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