ENTHUSIASTS from far and wide had to contend with appalling weather when they attended the Bodmin & Wenford Railway on September 22-24 for the China clay event.
Home fleet locos Nos. 33110, 37142 and 50042 Triumph were supplemented by main line guest loco No. 57604 Pendennis Castle, courtesy of Great Western Railway.
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The Class 57/6 is normally seen working the ‘Night Riviera’ between Paddington and Penzance when it passes through Bodmin Parkway station.
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An intensive timetable provided various options of top-and-tailing and double-heading, and all was going well until the final departure to Bodmin Parkway when a fallen tree was encountered at Fletcher’s Bridge.
The train returned quickly to Bodmin General, where a taxi service was organised to convey passengers to Parkway so as not to miss their mainline connections.
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