Strange headcode, the only time I've ever seen that was on 34051 Winston Churchill, hauling Sir Winston Churchill's funeral train, when it left Waterloo in January 1965. That was in honour of his famous V for Victory sign during WW2.
The headcode is actually for a breakdown train *SW Division (I think) but very fittingly used for the Winston Churchill funeral train of 1965...as well as the victorious return of 35028,
excellent shots 👍saw it at the foot bridge nr Shakespeare tunnel
Cheers - glad to hear you saw it as well.
Some good shots
Thanks very much
I got the 50th in Bath. Put up a great show in the west country.
Strange headcode, the only time I've ever seen that was on 34051 Winston Churchill, hauling Sir Winston Churchill's funeral train, when it left Waterloo in January 1965. That was in honour of his famous V for Victory sign during WW2.
From what I heard in this situation it was more of an in joke, this disc code really meaning 'Breakdown Train'!
The headcode is actually for a breakdown train *SW Division (I think) but very fittingly used for the Winston Churchill funeral train of 1965...as well as the victorious return of 35028,
I was on Platform 2! Thank god that 700 got out of the way in time.
Have you seen [TheSoutherner] video? Same locations, same time.
I have, excellent video.