Tatchell Mortlake Set

These were mostly taken from, or near to, Mortlake signalbox or the adjacent railway cottage. Most are dated June 1914. Electrification was authorised in 1913 and some conductor rail was installed by 1914. Electric operation through Mortlake, on the Waterloo - Waterloo services via Kingston and via Hounslow and the Shepperton branch, started in Jan - Feb 1916.

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ADD525	Photo taken from the footbridge of Mortlake station showing the level crossing, signalbox and railway cottage beyond. No conductor rails in place.
ADD524	Photo taken from the garden of the railway cottage. Drummond K10 4-4-0 (40 locos built Nine Elms 1901-2) approachingMortlake on a down Ascot race train. Train comprises an elliptical roofed bogie brake coach with end duckets and arc roofed bogie stock. Dated 1911.
ADD523	Drummond 7xx series T9 class 4-4-0 (Locos 702 - 732 and 773 by D?bs 1899-1901) on Ascot race train, headcode is Members and 1st Class Race Train via East Putney and Twickenham. Location not identified. Train consists of arc roofed 6 wheel stock. No conductor rails in place.
ADD522	North London Railway train, outside cylinder 4-4-0T, approaching Richmond on the LSWR line from Gunnersbury. Inside and outside conductor rails for Metropolitan District Railway trains installed.
ADD521	Drummond 700 class 0-6-0 699 ( D?bs 3522 of 1897) at Chiswick on a Brent to Battersea (MR yard) coal train. First two wagons are MR. Conductor rails lying in the 4ft of the down line.
ADD520	Up Hounslow train, Adams 4-4-2T running bunker first, at Chiswick. Detail of signal on left with co-acting stop arms and a distant arm, with Coligny Welch lamp. Dated 1914. Some, but not all, conductor rails in place.
ADD519	Photo taken from an upstairs window of the railway cottage. Adams 4-4-2T 429 (R. Stephenson 2503 of 1883) approaching Mortlake on a special coal train for Windsor. Dated 6.1914, conductor rails in place.
ADD518	Photo taken from an upstairs window of the railway cottage. Drummond 700 class 0-6-0 694 (D?bs 3517 of 1897) approaching Mortlake on a down Alton special goods train. Train includes a refrigerator van behind the loco and carriage trucks carrying road vans.
ADD517	Photo taken from an upstairs window of the railway cottage. Adams 4-4-2T 56 (R. Stephenson 2517 of 1883) approaching Mortlake on a down Waterloo - Waterloo train via Kingston. Train is a single bogie block set, conductor rails in place, dated 6.1914
ADD516	Adams 4-4-2T 56 (R. Stephenson 2517 of 1883) leaving Barnes station on a Waterloo - Windsor train via Hounslow, comprising a single bogie block set. Conductor rails in place.