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This is a photograph No.4109 in platform 3 at Stratford-upon-Avon awaiting departure with the 13:47 all stations to Worcester Shrub Hill in 1959. This locomotive was allocated to Worcester from March 1959 until October 1961. It was withdrawn in May 1964. The train crew who were all based at Evesham were Driver Charles Leech, Fireman Douglas Carver loco crew and guard Harry Hill of Evesham. This train stopped at Milcote Halt, Long Marston, Pebworth Halt, Honeybourne, Littleton & Badsey, Evesham, Fladbury, Wyre Halt, Pershore, Stoulton, Norton Halt and Worcester Shrub Hill. The train arrived at Worcester Shrub Hill at 14:57 - a distance of just over 27 miles in 70 minutes.
This photograph was taken for the cab window of No.4109 on the 13:47hrs Stratford-upon-Avon to Worcester Shrub Hill stopping train, as the train passed over the north loop junction at Honeybourne. The signals seen over the chimney are the junction signals, the right one (the higher one) is signal for east loop junction and Stratford on Avon, the left one (lower of the two) is the signal for the west loop junction and Cheltenham. The tracks from left to right are the down loop, down main, up main, down branch, up branch and the garden loop. Also to be seen is the bridge over the railway with the station just beyond. On the left between the down loop and the down main can just be made out the station junction signal.
Photograph, maps and notes by kind permission of Douglas Carver.