27/09/2026
* Engine Type & Class: Southern Railway (SR) Maunsell S15 Class 4-6-0 steam locomotive, No. 847 (later British Railways No. 30847).
* Significance: Built at Eastleigh Works in December 1936, No. 847 was the final locomotive of the S15 class and the very last 4-6-0 type constructed by the Southern Railway.
* Design: Designed by Richard Maunsell (building upon Robert Urie's earlier heavy goods engine concepts), the class earned the nickname "Goods Arthurs" because they shared a close mechanical lineage with the N15 "King Arthur" express passenger engines.
Scene Details
* Location: At a platform of a heritage railway station (historically associated with the Bluebell Railway in Sussex, where No. 847 was preserved following its rescue from Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry).
* Composition: The dual-pane photograph shows the iconic green-liveried steam locomotive coupled to a rake of maroon British Railways Mark 1 corridor carriages, with station staff and passengers gathered on the platform near the station buildings.