Paddington Bared - 19 September 1986

This slightly wonky picture, which might not make the cut in a non-lockdown era, captures a slice of life at another station which oozed character in the 80s but has since been crushed into lifeless conformity by development,

This scene at Paddington is exactly the kind of thing a Southern Region escapee went there for. 47613 and Class 128 Driving Motor Luggage Van 55991 are seen in BR blue. The DMLV would later be painted in Post Office Red.

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