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When Sir Winston Churchill died on 24 January 1965, the funeral plans—code named Operation ‘Hope Not’—swung into action. Locomotive Winston Churchill, which was used to pull Churchill’s funeral train, was brought out of storage.
On 24 January 1965, Sir Winston Churchill died. His state funeral on 30 January 1965 saw his coffin process up the River Thames on the MV Havengore before being transferred to Waterloo Station. A special train had been laid on to take the family to Handborough, seven miles north-west of Oxford.
Although the funeral was not to take place until 30th January 1965, the train's locomotive, Salisbury-shedded 34051 Winston Churchill, was moved to Nine Elms on 25th January to be prepared for the day.
A short film about the re-creation of Sir Winston Churchill's Funeral train on its 50th anniversary, for the National Railway Museum in York. Featuring the S...
The train was the last steam-hauled state funeral in the world. While being prepared, the locomotive carried the four discs in an inverted ‘T’ formation—the headcode for a Royal train, but this was subsequently changed.
Join Thomas Spain from our team of curators for an in-depth tour of Winston Churchill, a Battle of Britain Class (or Light Pacific) locomotive named after th...
During his life, Sir Winston Churchill made much use of train travel, including in our Special Saloon 45000. As part of his state funeral in January 1965, Churchill’s coffin was transferred to a special train at Waterloo
On 24 January 1965, Winston Churchill died. His state funeral on 30 January 1965 saw his coffin process up the River Thames on the MV Havengore before being transferred to Waterloo Station. A special train had been laid on to take the family to Handborough, seven miles north-west of Oxford.
Discover Winston Churchill's Funeral Train in Shildon, England: The train that took the prime minister on his final journey now rests in a British museum.
'Churchill's Final Journey' - an exhibition at the National Railway Museum in York with SR 'West Country Class 4-6-2 steam loco No. 34051 'Winston Churchill'...