Snowy day in Woking. Merchant navy Class, No 35028 with the British Pullman train. The "Venice Simpleton Orient Express" is the grand Pullman train of Europe
A wonderful shot of Clan Line powering through the snow. I had hoped to film the return train. I got to my location but discovered that No: 28 had been re-routed. Barry
Ah what a sight :) I was stuck on the all-stopper you see leaving halfway through - had been hoping to get a few shots off at Byfleet & New Haw, but she was half an hour early!
That center platform the train departs from must be new. It wasn't there when I was commuting from Woking in the 1990's. When I left, they had only recently renumbered the platforms because of the old platform 1 that was removed to make way for a bus lane. I guess they had to renumber them again for the new platform 3.
The last coach is the generator coach for heating. The “ugly great blob” took the empty stock into the starting station and would possibly provide duties at the destination. Also on arrival back at the original start point it will take the train back to Stewart’s Lane. It is there for operational reasons.
