Quainton Road Station, Buckinghamshire
Looking south towards Quainton Road Station, Buckinghamshire. This marked the point at which the Great Central's London Extension linked up with the Metropolitan Railway, the latter having given permission for the new mainline to use part of its existing network for its route into the capital. In addition to the two mainline platforms that are connected by the pedestrian bridge, there is a third on the right of the picture at the junction of the Brill branch (originally called the Wotton Tramway), a six mile line completed in 1872. Just visible standing at the Brill platform and pulling a mixed cargo is the 4-4-0T Metropolitan A-Class locomotive No. 41 (works no. 865), one of six A-Class engines built by Beyer Peacock in 1869. See on Route Map
