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Reading General in 1968
Just after steam finished, I got interested in Railways and practically lived on Reading station.Heres what you would have seen if you were me
Westerns of course with Warships on West Country trains (double headed and non-stop on the Cornish Riveira Exp!) (D600-4 and D800-2 i never saw in Reading)
Hymeks on Glouscester and Oxford trains,
WR 47's (and Falcon) from South Wales
ER/LMR 47's on the cross-countries (D1800's very rare)
The occasional Class 22 on P Way or freight
PWM 650-654 occaionally and signal works no20 all the time.
2 bil and hal units on Waterloo trains
Tadploes on Guildford trains
Hampshire units on Basingstoke lines
Pressed steel DMU's everywhere with InterCity units occasionally (later replaced by Gloucester Cross Country units)
Class 33's particularly on some Guildford trains with three coaches and a PMV
Very rarely a 73 might turn up as might a Birmingham based DMU or a Hastings unit.
Classes 20/31 never 37/40/45/46 very very rarely
Two pilots in those days...West end would be a Western and east end was an 08 (the numbers D3268/9,D3831.D3947/48/53 seem to stick in my mind (nice and warm in the winter)
Lots of parcels and Post traffic...trollies and mailbags everywhere.Loads of freight about too...
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