Freight train entering <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_railway_station" class="extiw" title="en:Fleet railway station">Fleet Station</a> on the Down Slow line c1900 with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Pond" class="extiw" title="en:Fleet Pond">Fleet Pond</a> in the background, probably being hauled by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSWR_A12_class" class="extiw" title="en:LSWR A12 class">LSWR Class A12 locomotive</a>. The siding in the picture is now occupied by a car park. The photograph was almost certainly taken from roadbridge next to the station.<br>It should be noted that when the railway line was quadruppled, the new station was built over the sidings shown in this image.
Thomas H Smelt (c1839 - 1914)
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