A boat train special stands alongside the RMS Queen Mary at Southampton Docks in 1963. The liner, built by John Brown & Co, Clydebank, and launched in 1934, was retired from service on the North Atlantic run in 1967 and is now permanently berthed in Long Beach, California, serving as a museum ship and hotel.
Location: Southampton Docks Sidings
Original line: London and Southampton Railway
Photographer: Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
Contact photographer: Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
Date: 17/07/1963
Image number: 22856