Out West, November 2011
Exeter St Davids, 041111 Fr
As
dusk falls 37685/676 tail the Hereford-Exeter positioning tour out of St
Davids, the “purple ronnie” was “powering”
Plymouth, 041111
43140
with 43012 at the top end with the 1406 Padd-Penzance, the set on the left has
failed on a Padd service
Dawlish, 051111 Sa
Perhaps
all us enthusiasts should make a Dawlish bail an annual pilgrimage, tis as
magic as ever. 2 x 143 rather than class 43’s 868/869 skirt the seawall to the
West of Dawlish
South Devon Gala
Devon
“bubble” former LA Goucester unit W55000 at Buckfastleigh after working a
crowded service from Totnes
The
rat and the villain, 20110 failed on 2 services but to be honest this just
added to the enjoyment with the associated rescue moves and shunts
33002
in soft Autumn light at Buckfastleigh
37037
in Staverton loop taking a Totnes bound service forward after the 20 had failed
and got rescued by the rat
Good
to see 25191’s restoration underway after being neglected on the NYMR in recent years, seen here at Buckfastleigh
A
passable early 70’s view of this then March based machine?, 37037 at Riverside
The
light fades on another superb gala as 33002 runs round with the last train of
the day at Riverside
Newton Abbot, 051111
43127
with a Padd-Penzance stands in a similar spot to where 1027 Western Lancer must
have stood 35 years earlier
Exeter SP, 061111 Sun
A
variety of “bog units” at Exeter SD, the 142 rubbish on the right is soon to be
withdrawn, rare progress by the privitised railway