Rebuilt Battle of Britain Pacific named after the SR's wartime Chairman, at Eastleigh in April 1965 with a Waterloo to Bournemouth semi-fast.
Picture added on 18 April 2010 at 08:07
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I'm a few miles out- it was actually Basingstoke where I joined to go to Eastleigh! 34090 was given the rather unkind nickname by spotters of Sir Useless..........
I remember eustace missenden at ashford railway works back in the year back in the year 1948 with the old dover road school.Iwas only 15years old at the time.
34090 was given the rather unkind nickname by spotters of Sir Useless..........
Added by Paul Strathdee on 20 April 2010.