Fly-past: Thompson B1 class No. 61205 approaches Ilford station with the 10.10am Liverpool Street to Norwich express on April 21, 1951. The Stratford-based (30A) 4-6-0, which is passing under a flyover that opened in October 1947 to carry local trains over the through lines, was one of 290 members of the 410-strong class built by North British of Glasgow. It entered traffic in June 1947, and after withdrawal in November 1963 was taken into departmental stock as a stationary boiler
