THOMAS MOODY
Train driver Thomas Moody
Evening Standard
Driver of the First Boat Train after W.W.2
By Tony Tomlin
Thomas Moody 27/12/1879 – 19/6/1952 (my grandfather)
He drove the first Boat Train out of London in 1945. The photo shows him shaking hands with, I understand, a director.
On the back of a photocopy of the photo is written “Eve Standard Neg” and the agency address.
The engine is Atlantic H1 2038 Portland Bill.
I would be grateful for any more information.
Does anyone know what the string, which appears to be coming out of the Director's hat was for? I also appears on a similar photo of an Atlantic engine else where on this site.
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