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Original Text (Annotation: WPW061714 / 990049)

' Turntable, remote from the engine shed, with GWR clearstory coach standing in the platform behind it. The coach looks as if it has recently been repainted as it roof is still white. White lead paint used for such finishing soon oxidised and collected a layer of dirty from steam engines to become grey like it neighbour. '

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