GWR steam engine
The loco is Collett manor 7808 Cookham Manor photographed on the slow line in Sonning Cutting with six coaches in tow. The train, sponsored by the Great Western Society's London Area Group, had come from Birmingham via the GW & GC route and was run in conjuction with the group's open day at Taplow where 6106, 4079 and 3205 were present as well as some steam road vehicles. 7808 returned to Birmingham via Oxford. The event took place in September 1966 but the exact date isn't recalled and the train isn't mentioned on the sixbellsjunction web site at the time of writing (11/05/09).
The loco is Collett manor 7808 Cookham Manor photographed on the slow line in Sonning Cutting with six coaches in tow. The train, sponsored by the Great Western Society's London Area Group, had come from Birmingham via the GW & GC route and was run in conjuction with the group's open day at Taplow where 6106, 4079 and 3205 were present as well as some steam road vehicles. 7808 returned to Birmingham via Oxford. The event took place in September 1966 but the exact date isn't recalled and the train isn't mentioned on the sixbellsjunction web site at the time of writing (11/05/09).
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