Locomotive 35028, ‘Clan Line’ passing through Swindon in Steam. Clan line was built at Eastleigh in 1948. She was allocated to first to Dover then to Stewarts Lane in London where she worked heavy trains on the trunk routes to the South East Channel ports, frequently hauling the prestige expresses, “Golden Arrow” and “The Night Ferry”.

After rebuilding in 1959 she was initially allocated to Nine Elms where she headed such trains as the “Bournemouth Belle” and the “Atlantic Coast Express. It was while working the A.C.E. in 1961 she was unofficially timed at 104 mph passing Axminster. On July 2nd . In 1967 Clan Line hauled a farewell special from Waterloo to Bournemouth and back and thus ended her BR career.