Description

The Atlantic Coast Express circa 1956.
Unrebuilt Bulleid Merchant Navy class pacific No.35004 ‘Cunard White Star’ passes a 4COR Portsmouth electric train on the South Western mainline at Weybridge station in Surrey.

• Signed giclee print on premium grade 190gsm gloss paper/card.
• Image size: 430mm x 330mm
• Overall size: 500mm x 410mm

The 1950s was the highpoint of the Atlantic Coast Express, with the first mile-a-minute timing of this Southern Region steam powered express. The train arrived in Salisbury at 12:23, 83 miles non-stop from Waterloo.
Improvements in the schedule continued until the final acceleration in 1961, when the journey time from Waterloo to Exeter Central was 2 hours 56 minutes.