steam engine question

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[infoman]

Not being a steam person myself,I was watching a 1949 black and white film from Talking pictures on Thursday at 07:45am.

First it showed a steam engine and one coach arriving at Ashton? on a single line, would any one know where it is and the steam engine?

Second a steam engine 61163(don't think that its correct) in the depot would any one know what the engine was and the depot?

Thanking you in advance

[Western Pathfinder]

61163 is listed as a B1 Thompson of LNER^» (London North Eastern Railway - about).
https://thetransportlibrary.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=90979.

[grahame]

61163 is listed as a B1 Thompson of LNER^» (London North Eastern Railway - about).
https://thetransportlibrary.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=90979.

That picture - Neasden - Great Central.  Web site desribes the program as "Narrated by Ralph Richardson. A Charming short film made in 1949 following London workers on their weekends in the country. Cricket of The Green, Picnics at the Lido, Boating, Bowling & Fishing."  No onine replay I could find, but it does appear to be oft-repeated. See http://www.dvber.co.uk/TalkingPictures+TV/Our+Weekends+in+1949 which links to a series of snapshots

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There was an Ashton station on the Teign Valley line - see http://disused-stations.org.uk/a/ashton/index.shtml - but that does not fit with an LNER locomotive.   We have no confirmation that the program was all filmed at the same time / location and indeed the description hints at a series of weekends doing different things.

[eightf48544]

According to my BR^▸ (British Rail(ways)) Steam Locomotives - Complete Allocation History 1948 -1968

61163 was at Neasden from 1 jan 1948 until Jul 54 when it moved to Leicester Central it stayed at Leicester only until Nov 54 whence it moved to Colwick until withdrawal in Sep 62.

[TonyN]

The Ashton Station picture shows a GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) pannier tank and autocoach so is likley to be the Teign vally line.

[TonyN]

Having found a picture of Ashton on the Teign valley line it does not look right the station building is to grand. None of the other Ashton's in GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) land had a station so it must be a longer name not visible in the picture.

[grahame]

Having found a picture of Ashton on the Teign valley line it does not look right the station building is to grand. None of the other Ashton's in GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) land had a station so it must be a longer name not visible in the picture.

Agreed.  I vote for Aston (not Ashton) Rowant - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Rowant_railway_station - even though I was the nominator of the other Ashton earlier on. 

From "Lamberhust" on Wikipedia, Collective Commons license - see ((here))

[TonyN]

Well done beat me to it by about 90 seconds.

[TonyN]

The next picture to the right in
http://www.dvber.co.uk/TalkingPictures+TV/Our+Weekends+in+1949/2021-01-07-0745_9881336806
Shows Cyclists passing the same station building on what is now the Ridgeway path along the Chilterns.