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Description: | The photograph shows the troop train crossing the main road in front of the South Western Hotel as it enters Southampton docks.
Southampton had been designated the major port for troop embarkation since the 1860s but this was the first time that their arrival by train had been co-ordinated with a waiting ship. There was no longer a need for them to be accommodated locally.
This is also the same track that the boat train from London Waterloo used to enter the docks during the late nineteenth century to mid twentieth century to transport passengers to their ships.
Like all trains at this time it was powered by steam. Electricity was not introduced as a source of power for trains until the 1960s. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Southampton City Museums | Subjects: | South Western Hotel Southampton Ocean Liners White Star Line Southampton Docks Boer War Titanic Troop Train Shipping life Maritime History | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Edwin Dr Corse; (Copied by: Southampton City Museums) | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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