57602 having brought the sleeping car train down to Cornwall, was summoned for an extra duty taking one of the day coaches off this train to Plymouth - it was expected to return later in the day. See below for a reason for this movement - from a reliable source.
It is seen here at 13.26 passing the site of Carn Brea station on 21st September 2013. Copyright Roger Winnen. N.B. The building just seen to the left is Cowlins Mill. The road seen to the right of the train is going to be considerably changed as it is to become part of the inner relief road,
The same train was photographed a little later passing the golf course at Carlyon Bay. With many thanks to Craig Munday for this one. 21st September 2013 Copyright
The reason why - (From a very reliable source)
The seating carriages get very heavy use and some refurbishment is needed. With the sleeper train now being so popular - including the seating vehicles - there are no readily available spare vehicles. One of these carriages has been taken out of the train for a couple of weeks to allow some repairs and refurbishment to take place at Laira. One of the two train sets will therefore be one vehicle short during that period and seat bookings will not be taken for that coach. This is, of course, complicated because the set concerned works in opposite directions on alternate days! It is not known whether other vehicles will be removed in turn: that will depend on whether they have sufficiently serious defects to make removal necessary.
The seating carriages get very heavy use and some refurbishment is needed. With the sleeper train now being so popular - including the seating vehicles - there are no readily available spare vehicles. One of these carriages has been taken out of the train for a couple of weeks to allow some repairs and refurbishment to take place at Laira. One of the two train sets will therefore be one vehicle short during that period and seat bookings will not be taken for that coach. This is, of course, complicated because the set concerned works in opposite directions on alternate days! It is not known whether other vehicles will be removed in turn: that will depend on whether they have sufficiently serious defects to make removal necessary.