I have 3 photos taken at this location, photographer unknown. It has taken until this one to finally nail the correct location. In the background is the M23 overbridge between Three Bridges and Balcombe Tunnel Jct, the hills can be seen in the background. This is 47088 'Samson' with the 1520 Brighton to Manchester Piccadilly. Photo taken 1982

47482 seen here just south of Three Bridges with the 1507 Brighton to Manchester service sometime in 1979. There is a similar photo in the Brighton Breezy section, this view just shows what I thought was the access road bridge for Gatwick in the background, in fact it is the bridge taking the M23 over the railway line.. Photographer unknown.

47606 'Odin' sits in platform 3 at Brighton with the 1254 to Manchester. Photo taken 1984, photographer unknown.

4Cap 3204 departs Brighton with an East Coastway service, photo taken 1984, photographer unknown.

09003 has just brough the stock into Brighton for the 1254 departure to Manchester. Photo taken 1984, photographer unknown.

Black 5 45000 and Beattie Well tank 30587 are towed past Lovers Walk carriage washer. Photographer unknown, photo taken July 1976.

Battle of Brittan 'Winston Churchill then Black 5 45000, 30587 Lord Nelson Photographer unknown, photo taken July 1976.

BoB 34051 'Winston Churchill' is being shunted by 73122 for the Brighton station open day. Photographer unknown, photo taken July 1976.

Photographer unknown, photo taken July 1976.

09023 and the tool van for the breakdown crane trundle past Lovers Walk carriage washer, Brighton. Photographer unknown, photo taken July 1976.

Taken from Dyke Road Drive, the M7, Q1, DS75, Lord Nelson and Black 5 45000 pass by the Lovers Walk carriage washer. Photographer unknown, taken July 1976.

An M7 30245, Q1 33001 and DS75 the Waterloo and City shunter form the front part of the cavelcade from the former Pullman car works to brighton station and display in the 1976 open day. Photographer unknown, taken July 1976.

An overall view of the stock on platform 7, nearest the camera is Lord Nelson, then Black 5 45000, Waterloo and City loco DS75 and BoB 34051 Winston Churchill. There is also a Beattie Well Tank between the Black 5 and the Spamcan. Photographer unknown, taken July 1976.

4 Vep 7734 heads into Clayon Tunnel. Photographer unknown, taken August 1976.

Lord Nelson and Black 5 45000 are pulled towards Brighton station. Photographer unknown, taken July 1976.

The cab of a M7 30245, Q1 33001, Waterloo and City shunter Ds75 and the tender of Lord Nelson. Photographer unknown, taken July 1976.

09023 with the Brighton breakdown crane tool van used as a barrier reach into the Pullman car sheds at Preston park to pull some of the NRM stored exhibits for a rare visit out into the open air. Looks like the Beattie Well Photographer unknown, taken July 1976.

09023 seen on Platform 7 at Brighton with the breakdown crane tool van. Photographer unknown, taken July 1976.

About to pass under Dyke Road 09023 tows the cavalcade of stock towards Brighton. Photographer unknown, taken July 1976.

Taken from the bridge at Dyke Road drive we can see the complete set of stock behind 09023. A 4Vep can be seen in the forground with an unidentified class 73 on a pway train approaching Top Yard. Photographer unknown, taken July 1976.

09023 leads the cavalcade of stock. First vehicle is the tool van for Brighton breakdown crane followed by a M7 30245. Photographer unknown, taken July 1976.

An unidentified 4Vep approaches Newhaven Harbour station with a train bound for Seaford. The road overbridge in the background is where the Town station is. Photo taken 12/2/87 by G.Edwards.

47511 'Thames' gets the 0920 Brighton to Manchester Piccadilly on its way. The train is about to pass under the footbridge from Brighton signalbox into Montpelier sidings. Photo taken 10/3/83 by G.Edwards.

Approaching Horley station with a Reading to Gatwick service is Metro-Cammell class 101 DMU set L842. Vehicles 53314, 59110 and 53327 make up the set. Date taken and photographer unknown.