Just 100 years after the Battle of Trafalgar... | Nostalgia
The officers travelled to London in a special train decorated for the occasion.
Here we see the train hauled by a locomotive named ‘La France’ for the trip.
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Hide AdThe train is passing through Havant long before the track was quadrupled in 1937. On the left is the bay platform for the Hayling Billy with a train waiting to leave.
The train on the right was probably the 'Chichester Motor’, a push-pull service which ran between Havant and Chichester calling at all stations.
As there was no turntables available the driver would change ends at Chichester and drive from a cab not unlike those on an electric train.
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