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The first Class 04
builtwas
No. DS1173 in
1948 as a
departmental
shunter forHither
Green depot,South
East London, which
wasfollowedby
141similar locos
and then alsothe
basis forthe larger
Class 03 fleet.
No. DS1173
became
No.D2341 under
British Railways
renumbering,and
is picturedat
Stewarts Lane
depot, South
London,inthe
1960s.

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We hope youenjoy this look back in time.
FRONT COVER: The ‘Bournemouth Belle’ Pullman
service finished with the end of steam on the Southern Paul Bickerdyke, editor
Region in July1967, but beforethat diesel substitutes
were not unknown –such as on June 5, 1966, when
No. D6503 (later 33003) heads the train at Itchen
Abbas, diverted from its normal route via Basingstoke
to run via Alton and Alresford.

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