Location please?

[RFS]

32 minutes ago, Blandford1969 said:

It is not on the Corkscrew nor on the Salisbury and Dorset as it is coming into Corfe Castle from Swanage.

 

But it has the wrong headcode for the Swange branch as that one is a single central disc. 

[bécasse]

It may have the wrong head code - not unknown, of course, and not really a matter of great import on a branch line - but it is indeed unquestionably Corfe Castle. The late Ted West took a near identical photo, but without any trains or rolling stock present, in 1965, and this photo must date from the first half of the 1960s too as pull-and-push working had ceased by summer 1964. Corfe Castle officially retained its goods facilities until September 1965 but they had been scarcely used since the end of the 1950s.

 

It is just possible that the train was on a diagram that continued from Wareham to Ringwood via Wimbourne, in which case the use of this particular head code is understandable.

Edited August 11, 2021 by bécasse

[Wickham Green too]

30102 - which is still with us - was a B4 ..... so this must be107 : withdrawn May '64 among the last batch of M7s.

[Blandford1969]

3 hours ago, RFS said:

 

But it has the wrong headcode for the Swange branch as that one is a single central disc. 

Looking at many negatives has taught me painfully you can't rely on headcodes. 

[Mallard60022]

Thanks everyone. I seemed to have been correct first time this time.

Phil

[TheSignalEngineer]

On 09/07/2021 at 11:20, RFS said:

And these days 'elf and safety would have a fit at that board crossing with the live conductor rails running right through it!

It's got guard boards, what more do you want?