150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY. On August 19th 2006 LOUGHTON marked the opening of its first Railway 
Station in 1856 this being the town's third station located very close to the second that  dated from 1865. 
For many years J12 steam locomotive were a regular sight at Loughton yard which is now the site of a supermarket. Although 
London Underground took over services in 1948 we were surprised to dicsover from photographs at the station that BR operated 
trains in the form of a DMU from Loughton until well into the 1960s.  Class 15 or 16 diesels  are likely to have also made visits to Loughton goods yard
and possibly 31s on excursions but not class 37s as they were not fitted for running on LT lines. The link to the main line just south of Leyton has long 
gone so unfortunately such scenes can never be repeated.
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Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com 
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British and Foreign Railway Pictures <A HREF="http://jampics.fotopic.net/"> Jampics Fotopic.</a>