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11th June 2022

11/6/2022

 
West Somereset Railway
Diesel Gala
Paul Barlow

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A Triumph 2500 and D6566 trails on the rear of 0900 Bishops Lydeard to Minehead. D6575 is on the front. Seen at Cedar Falls Bridge. 10th June 2022. Copyright Paul Barlow. (A most interesting composition)
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70000 Brittania being prepared for Saturdays tour Solihull to Paignton which it will work from Taunton Bishops Lydeard. 10th June 2022 Copyright Paul Barlow
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Polishing Brittania at Bishops Lydeard. 10th June 2022. Copyright Paul Barlow
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Clayton D8568 at Crowcombe on the 09.42 Minehead to Bishops Lydeard 10 June 2022 Copyright Paul Barlow
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D6566 arrives at Williton on the 11.30 Minehead to Bishops Lydeard 10th June 2022. Copyright Paul Barlow
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D7018 at Crowcombe on the 10.25 Bishops Lydeard to Minehead. 10th June 2022. Copyright Paul Barlow
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D7612 at Blue Anchor on the 14.40 Bishops Lydeard to Minehead. 10th June 2022. Copyright Paul Barlow
Many thanks Paul for an interesting set of pictures - brilliant weather.
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More of the WSR 
Diesel Gala
David Tozer

In addition to seeing todays steam Dave also popped along to the WRS Gala - here are four shots at Crowcombe Heathfield.
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D6566 at Crowcombe Heathfield. 11th June 2022. Copyright David Tozer
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D6575 crosses D7612 at Crowcombe Heathfield on the 11th June 2022. Copyright David Tozer
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Hymeck D7018 at Crowcombe Heathfield on the 11th June 2022. Copyright David Tozer
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D7612 at Crowcombe Heathfield 11th June 2022. Copyright David Tozer
Many thanks David.
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Busy time at
St Erth
Dennis Clarke
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150232 departs for St Ives on the 14:18 service. 10th June 2022. Copyright Dennis Clarke.
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A busy time for the St Erth signalman. 10th June 2022. Copyright Dennis Clarke.
Many thanks Dennis
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New stopping place?
St Blazey Signalbox
Eddie Houlston
An answer for the question raised about class 800 destinations. In the timing systems that drive timetables and websites where trains have to stop at non-passenger locations, in this case the signalbox for patching or tablet exchanges etc, the timer should put the duration of the stop required and a * as this suppresses the time in a publicly viewed system. If the train timer forgets the * the public systems show it as a public stop no matter what the location.

Best wishes  Eddie Houlston 
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IET Display spotted on Newquay bound train. Copyright Roger Winnen
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IET Display spotted on Newquay bound train. Copyright Roger Winnen
Many thanks Eddie for the technical reasons behind the display what was obviously an error by the train crew. Such a display although perhaps confusing to passengers would be much appreciated by enthusiasts.
Britannia to
Paignton
No doubt many of you will be out to see Britannia at Paignton and en route today - 11th June 2022. Here are the first three pictures received today which will be repeated in our Steam and Diesel Railtours section. Please see the rest in this section.
The first pictures received were from Clive Smith followed by another one half an hour later from David Tozer. Many thanks to you both.
​70000 Britannia emerges from Parson's Tunnel with the 1Z60 06.18 Dorridge - Kingswear run by Saphos Trains. The train was about ten minutes late and annoyingly a bank of cloud had blocked out the sun on this stretch of the coast which just twenty minutes earlier was bathed in glorious sun. BR two-tone green liveried D1924 (47810) brings up the rear of the 1Z60 . The train had worked top and tail from Dorridge with 47805 on the front so it would appear that this is set now for the summer as insurance provision unlike the recent 6233 Duchess Of Hamilton tours which were solo operated.

The good news is that this is the first of nine Saphos' Saturday tours from various locations to Kingswear throughout the summer and with 70000 outbased at Bishop's Lydeard on the West Somerset Railway  in order to work these trains I hope to have a few successful stabs at this shot here in somewhat brighter conditions. Whether the Brit will provide some smoke over the coming weeks remains to be seen.

The 7F Britannia class is my favourite class of steam loco ever since I was captivated by them when I first started trainspotting age six in 1966 at Kearsley on the Manchester - Bolton line. I was very fortunate to live in the North West then the last bastion of steam in the country. It was their size and power but also their names that laid out next to their numbers in the Ian Allan spotting books (bar 70047).  Many of the class were still going strong in 1966 with only a handful of withdrawals before that year including 70000 Britannia which I never saw until a tour about a decade ago. My notebooks from that era disappeared fifty odd years ago but my memory recalls me spotting about forty of the fifty five of which nearly all were filthy and grimy and smoking a lot more than 70000 today.

Regards,  Clive Smith.

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70000 Britannia emerges from Parsons Tunnel 11th June 2022. Copyright Clive Smith.
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D1924 (47810) brings up the rear of the 1Z60. Copyright Clive Smith
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70000 Britannia at speed at Stoke Canon 11th June 2022. Copyright David Tozer.
Many thanks to you both.
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