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47553 approaches Rhyl on 18 June 1985 with 1V04 07:05 Holyhead to Cardiff (via Wrexham) service. The loco had just been transferred to Bescot depot, but the grey roof clearly demonstrates that for the previous year it had been allocated to Stratford.

A Class 101 DMU passes underneath the impressive signal gantry at Llandudno on 20 June 1985, as it heads off towards Crewe. The 34 lever signal box in the background was built by the London & North Western Railway in 1891.

50014 Warspite leaves Taunton station on 21 July 1984 with a westbound working. The impressive signal gantry was removed two years later. The large building on the left has also been demolished, to bereplaced by the inevitable housing development.

A Class 108 DMU calls at Upton by Chester station in November 1983, just two months before it closed, and was replaced by a new station at Bache, just a little to the south. Upton station was situated on the northern edge of Chester, and as can be seen from the sun angle, this is clearly a train from Rock Ferry, rather than to Rock Ferry, as indicated by the destination blind.

47345 approaches Taunton on 4 August 1978 with an unidentified up working. On the left is Ruston & Hornsby 0-8-0 shunter PWM652, one of a batch of five locos built especially for Western Region departmental duties.

37142 rounds the curve at the site of Devonport Junction on 22 February 1979 with a short engineer's train. The gull flying on the left indicates that the sea is not far away! 37142 now resides a little further to the west - at the Bodmin & Wenford Railway.

31256 & 31273 pass through Dawlish Warren station on 2 July 1979 with a short engineer's train. 31256 was converted to an ETH loco in 1984, but 31273 ended its days as a 31/1. Note the wooden building, still in Great Western Railways colours, and the multitude of semaphore signals.

40009 & 40033 worked the Settle & Carlisle section of the Hertfordshire Railtours 1Z68 07:00 Euston to Dundee 'Leuchars Aide' railtour on 7 April 1984. The vintage pair are pictured here in the gloom near Settle Junction. Note that 40033 has a painted Empress of England name applied, in the position of the original nameplate. The 40s handed over to a pair of 26s at Carlisle. These worked to Braidhurst Loop, where 47410 took over, working the train to Dundee, and returned with it the following day.

50018 Resolution passes Rose-an-Grouse (near Hayle) on 26 July 1978 with the 1B24 07:30 Paddington to Penzance service. The location's unusual name is a corruption of Resincrous, which means ford of the cross in the local Cornish language.

50012 Benbow looks like it had seen better days, when pictured at Laira depot on 27 February 1979. With missing roof, windscreen, and headcode panel, it almost looks ready for the scrapman, but was obviously just undergoing maintenance, as it was back in action a few months later.

GWR Castle 4-6-0 5051 Drysyllwyn Castle & Hall 4-6-0 4930 Hagley Hall pull out of Newton Abbot station on 7 July 1985 with the BR/SLOA 1Z47 09:02 Paddington to Plymouth 'Great Western Limited' railtour. Unfortunately, despite the two locos, the train stalled on Dainton Bank, and required the assistance of 50045 Achilles to push it up the bank. The train was then terminated at Totnes. Note the 17:10 Exeter St Davids to Paignton DMU doing its best to mess up the picture behind the steam locos. I bet the DMU driver secretly enjoyed his bit of parallel running!

45129 arrives at Chester in November 1983 with a train from the Warrington direction. Needless to say, the waste ground on the left is now covered with houses, and the three pairs of semi-detached houses on Hoole Lane are no longer in splendid isolation.

20022 rounds the curve past the civil engineer's sidings at Ashton Gate on 30 June 1985 with the F&W Railtours 1Z60 'Severncider 2' railtour. The disused platform of Aston Gate station is in the foreground. The station closed in 1964, but was briefly reopened several times afterwards, the last time being the year before this photo was taken, when it was used by special trains run in connection with evangelist Billy Graham's visit to Bristol.

A brief burst of sunshine, on an otherwise dull day. 20115 stands at Gloucester Docks on 30 June 1985 with the F&W Railtours 1Z60 'Severncider 2' railtour. The vehicle on the left gives a clue as to what this location was last used for. No trace of the railway exists at this location today.

37215 runs alongside the muddy banks of the River Avon, as it traverses the Wapping Wharf branch on 30 June 1985 with the F&W Railtours 1Z60 'Severncider 2' railtour. This branch formerly gave access to the once extensive Bristol Docks complex.

Class 122 55001 only had a relatively short career as a passenger carrying vehicle, as it was transferred to departmental stock as early as 1969. It then acquired the number 975023, although it also carried 'set' number B101 on the front ends. It is pictured here at Cardiff Central station on 11 September 1973. The distinctive water tower still survives, and is now grade II listed. It looks slightly different now though, as it is covered in colourful murals.

At least one other person is interested in Class 116 P319 (50868, 59365 & 50918), as it passes Powderham on 11 July 1979. The mostly white livery applied to refurbished DMUs in the 1970s didn't last long, due to the impracticality of keeping them clean. By the early 1980s they had all acquired standard blue and grey livery.

40150 (unofficially, and very amateurishly named Crewe) approaches Hooton on 28 June 1984 with the 6F18 14:50 Amlwch to Ellesmere Port chemical train. The first four tanks contain ethylene dibromide, which was used in the manufacture of anti-knock compound for petrol. The two white tanks are chlorine empties. At the front and rear of the train are the obligatory barrier vehicles and brake vans, which indicate the noxious nature of the load.

50009 Conqueror stands at Newton Abbot station on 18 July 1978 with an unidentified southbound working. The loco had been named two months earlier. Like most Royal Navy names, Conqueror has been used repeatedly, with ten vessels carrying the name since 1745. 50009 is allegedly named after the 1911 battleship. The most recent recipient of the name was the submarine that sunk the Argentinean cruiser General Belgrano in the Falklands War.

Stop, Look and Listen! 50020 Revenge stands underneath a fine display of semaphore signals at Taunton on 7 August 1978. Note the smaller calling on arms underneath each home signal. These allow permissive working within station limits, to allow a second train into an already occupied platform.

50049 Defiance passes Bredicot on 12 April 1984 with the 1V90 13:20 Liverpool Lime Street to Plymouth service, which it had taken over at Birmingham New Street. Earlier in the day it had worked to Birmingham with the 1M85 07:40 Penzance to Liverpool Lime Street train.

Light and shadows at Chester station on 28 December 1983. A Class 101 set waits for prospective passengers. Although it is a sunny day, leaving the doors open in midwinter probably didn't go too well with those already onboard!

A pair of Metro Cammell Class 101s run alongside the River Conwy, as they leave Glan Conwy station on 21 April 1984 with a train for Blaenau Ffestiniog. This was the first stopping place after the train had left Llandudno Junction.

Just a few years old, and well over three decades away from when it became a celebrity member of the fleet, 43002 passes Laira on 8 September 1980 with a London bound train. 47343 waits on the left with a train of china clay wagons.

40057 passes Chester No.2 signal box on 26 August 1983, as it leaves the station with 1E99 11:15 Bangor to Scarborough service, which it worked as far as York. 40057 was one of a pair of Gateshead allocated 'Whistlers' that had been specially cleaned up for railtour duties the previous year.

47488 passes Sandycroft on 25 August 1984 with a Holyhead bound train. This loco entered service (as D1713) in January 1964. Originally outshopped in two tone green, it received that livery again later in its career in private ownership with Waterman Railways.

With the Conwy estuary on the left, hybrid Class 120/101/120 unit (53732, 59526 & 53686) arrives at Deganwy station on 19 August 1984 with a North Wales Railway Club sponsored Llandudno to Blaenau Ffestiniog 'Sunday Shuttle'.

Hybrid Class 120/101/120 unit (53686, 59526 & 53732) leaves Deganwy station on 19 August 1984 with a North Wales Railway Club sponsored Llandudno to Blaenau Ffestiniog 'Sunday Shuttle'. The railway occupies a narrow strip of land between Station Road and the Conwy estuary.

A vanished world. Surrounded by Victorian tenements, 31222 shunts parcels vans at Kings Cross on 6 August 1978. Even as late as the 1970s parcels traffic was still big business for BR, and especially at night, the London termini would be busy with mail trains being loaded at the platforms, as well as at the dedicated parcels facilities seen here.

37244 & 37289 arrive at Westbury on 1 August 1978 with Foster Yeoman stone empties. Despite looking antiquated now, the PGA wagons were relatively modern then, especially compared to the vacuum braked hoppers which were then still in use, a rake of which can be seen stabled behind the locomotives.

40033 rescues a failed Class 105 Cravens DMU at Blackburn on 17 May 1980. At least one person onboard the unit appears to being enjoying the massive power upgrade! 40033 was formerly named Empress of England.

Neatly framed by the overhanging branches and rustic gate, 50013 Agincourt passes Powderham with a down working on the evening of 2 September 1980. With the exception of the catering vehicle and the BG at the rear, the train is composed entirely of Mk2 air-cons.

Southern Railway Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 35028 Clan Line gets underway from Shrewsbury on 20 October 1984 with the southbound 'Welsh Marches Express' railtour. The GWR lower quadrant bracket signal controls Sutton Bridge Junction.

Southern Railway Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 35028 Clan Line emerges from Ludlow Tunnel on 20 October 1984 with the southbound 'Welsh Marches Express' railtour. Ludlow Tunnel is only 192 yards long, and is situated in the centre of the town, directly south of the station.

Viewed from the Llanfrechfa Way roadbridge, Southern Railway Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 35028 Clan Line approaches Cwmbran on 20 October 1984 with the northbound 'Welsh Marches Express' railtour.

Not stopping here! A class 108 unit passes the long disused platform at Rossett in October 1984, whilst en-route from Chester to Shrewsbury. The station closed to passengers in 1964, and freight four years later. In 1984 at least the goods shed was still in use, as a storage facility for the agricultural merchants, Bernard H. Barkley.

A grim winter day at Frampton Mansell, but GWR Hall 4-6-0 4930 Hagley Hall still makes a fine sight, as it attacks Sapperton Bank with the Pullman Rail 1Z49 07:50 Euston to Swindon 'Red Dragon' railtour on 2 February 1985. This was an electric / diesel / steam tour, with 81014 working between London and Birmingham, 47606 between Birmingham and Newport, and 4930 between Newport and Swindon. This was repeated, but in reverse order, on the return, although the steam / diesel changeover point was then Gloucester.

GWR Hall 4-6-0 4930 Hagley Hall stands at Birmingham Moor Stret station on 22 January 1985, prior to working the 'First Day Covers' special to Stratford-upon-Avon. A short but interestingly formed train. This was to celebrate the release of stamps depicting railway paintings by Terrence Cuneo. 86226 can just be seen in the background, waiting to be named Royal Mail.

The 1E31 16:03 Bristol Temple Meads to Newcastle HST failed on 14 April 1984, and required the assistance of 37187. With the fearsome Lickey Incline a few miles ahead of it, 37187 is pictured passing Spetchley. The 37 worked the train between Gloucester and Sheffield.

A superbly lit study of a Class 101/108/108 DMU combination passing Saltney Junction on 1 September 1984 with is presumably (judging by the angle of the sun) the 08:50 Bangor to Manchester Victoria service. It looks a lot cloudier over the Welsh hills in the background!

Class 101 DMU (with 54350 nearest the camera) stands at Rock Ferry station in October 1984. Note the preparation for the electfrication of the route, with partially installed and very rusty conductor rails. The line between Hooton and Rock Ferry was energised the following year.

A fine panoramic view of Worcester, as 50037 Illustrious leaves the city on 19 May 1980 with the 1C40 15:00 Paddington to Hereford service. Directly behind the train is the eighteen century St Nicholas church. In the centre of the picture is the early nineteenth century neo-Norman St Clements, and on the right is the tall spire of St Andrews.

Class 27 5409 is pictured at Glasgow Queen Street station on 24 June 1973. Later that year the loco was allocated the number 27116 under the TOPS renumbering programme, but it never received it, being numbered 27210 instead in mid 1974. In 1984 is was renumbered again, to 27064.

We are all used to seeing railtours organised by the big name companies (Pathfinder, Hertfordshire. LCGB, etc), but this one is a bit different. This is the 'Settle & Carlisle Scenic Landcruise', organised by Aberconwy Labour Party! 40135 is pictured with the 1Z28 Holyhead to Carlisle tour approaching Chester on 2 September 1984. The 40 worked the train throughout.

45120 approaches Saltney Junction on 7 June 1984 with a westbound working. This brick arch bridge used to link Earlsway with Chester Golf Course, but now appears (according to Google Earth) to be completely overgrown and inaccessible.

Early preservation days at the Llangollen Railway. The railway's first DMU is pictured at Llangollen station on 14 April 1985. Nearest the camera is diesel hydraulic Class 127 51618, which is working with freshly restored Class 105 56456. Although the 127 unit has the unusual red triangle multiple working code, it is able to operate with the more common blue square unit (such as the 105), as long as the driver remembers he is connected to a mechanical transmission unit, and makes sure that he changes up through all the gears.

Passing a superb collection of semaphore signals (including two fixed distants), 37230 arrives at Worcester Shrub Hill station from the Hereford direction on 12 March 1985 with a loaded train of Dogfish and Sealion ballast hoppers.

40009 became a minor celebrity in 1984, as it managed to soldier on as the last vacuum braked only Class 40. This somewhat restricted its usefulness, but it lasted well over a year as the only non air-braked Whistler, doing jobs such as this pictured here. On 30 August 1984 it heads west past Abergele with a very short engineer's train. Abergele station is just beyond the bridge in the background, and the town of Rhyl can be seen in the far distance.

45015 passes Cockwood Harbour on 27 July 1984 with the 17:15 Paignton to Derby additional. A relief to this train also ran, featuring 45017. Certainly a good day for steam heat Peaks in the West Country!

Vale of Rheidol 2-6-2T No.8 Llywelyn pulls away from Llanbadarn station on 23 July 1985, whilst en-route from Aberystwyth to Devils Bridge. Llywelyn is one of three large tanks engines built for the Rheidol line by the Great Western Railway in the early 1920s.

A vanished world. Spalding's railways now feature just a pair of running lines, with none of the other infrastructure seen here. The forest of semaphore signals are long gone, as is the line heading off past the level crossing in the distance towards Boston. This scene depicts Spalding on 5 May 1984, during the town's tulip festival. The DMU ensemble in the background has brought in one of the many special trains that ran in connection with the festival. In the foreground, Class 100 inspection saloon ADB975637 & ADB975664 heads off towards Sleaford. On a final pessimistic note, even the large scale commercial growing of tulips in the Spalding area has now ceased.

47483 has an unidentified Cass 87 in tow, as it passes Wilmslow on 22 May 1977. Headcodes had ceased to be displayed on locomotives the previous year, and this garbled headcode does not relate to this train, but for some reason rather than be wound round to just show zeros, this locomotive was just left like this. A picture that I have seen, taken several months later, shows exactly the same misaligned headcode.

47443 approaches Colwyn Bay station on 5 April 1977 with an unidentified down train. The houses of Old Colwyn spread out across the hillside in the background. Old Colwyn once had its own station, but this closed in 1952, although it remained open for freight for another decade.

A contrast in passenger services at Exeter St Davids on 27 July 1984. 43191 brings up the rear of the 06:25 Penzance to Paddington InterCity service, as it leaves the station, while the much more humble 08:20 Barnstaple to Exeter DMU approaches underneath the magnificent signal gantry. The DMU is Class 118 set P460 (51317, 59469 & 51302).

50036 Victorious is surrounded by vintage six wheel milk tanks, as it shunts at Lostwithiel on 20 April 1979. The creamery was a major employer in the town, and traffic was clearly still busy in 1979. However rail traffic ceased in 1981, and the creamery closed ten years later.

40024 Lucania passes Spetchley on 28 April 1984 with the Severn Valley Railways 1Z39 06:45 Leeds to Carmarthen 'South Wales Whistler' railtour. The loco was withdrawn a few weeks later, and was cut up at Crewe the following year.

50013 Agincourt passes a field of cows at Spetchley on 28 April 1984, as it heads north with a 10.40 Bristol Temple Meads to Glasgow relief. This was in the days when the railways could provide a short notice additional train, a level of flexibility that is impossible with today's fragmented network.

Tyseley's Class 101 set TS408 (50305, 59535 & 50321) passes Ashperton on 18 April 1980 with a Hereford to Worcester Shrub Hill service. The unit is wearing the largely white livery that was adopted by BR in the mid 1970s for DMUs that had been put though the refurbishment programme.

Steam may have come to an end on the Western Region at the end of 1965, but several of the former GWR 57xx 0-6-0PTs lived on for several years with London Transport (until 1971), and with the National Coal Board in Wales. 7754 is seen here inside Mountain Ash shed on 14 September 1973. It would continue working here, with minimal maintenance, for another two years, making it the final GWR pannier tank in revenue earning (as opposed to preserved) service.

A picture that could have been taken at any time in the first part of the twentieth century, but was in fact taken as late as 6 September 1974. This view of the National Coal Board's Mountain Ash Colliery shed shows the general grime and filth of the coal mining industry. Peckett 0-6-0ST 1859 Sir Gomer is in steam, but judging by the coal covering the track on the right, Barclay 0-6-0ST 2074 Llantarnam Abbey hasn't moved for a while.

A surprising, and very welcome traction combination approach Abbotswood on 8 June 1984. The 1E21 14:20 Plymouth to York parcels was often worked by a 'Peak', but other motive power also turned up, including Class 50s, 47s & 31s, but this combination of 25275 & 31239 is definitely noteworthy.

Sun, snow and Class 50s. With three classmates stabled in the sidings on the extreme right of the picture, 50014 Warspite leaves Newton Abbot station on 6 January 1979 with a southbound working. Only the most basic track layout remains here now.

With the vast baulk of Langstone Rock dominating the background, 50045 Achilles rounds the curve on the approach to Dawlish Warren on 13 April 1979 with an up working. The wasteland on the right is now a car park.

High summer at Dawlish, and the holidaymakers are making full use of the beach, as 50038 Formidable sweeps through the station on 28 July 1984 with the 1V76 09:36 Liverpool Lime Street to Penzance service. The original Kodachrome slide reveals a fine collection of classic cars parked in Marine Parade, including an Opel Manta, Triumph Dolomite, Mini Clubman, Hillman Imp, and nearest the camera, a yellow Renault 4.

47512 passes Mold Junction on 25 August 1984 with the 1D48 11:00 Euston to Holyhead service. A typical late summer day when the settled high pressure means the sun has almost faded out into thin high cloud, even in the early afternoon.

47604 stands at a rather deserted Chester station on 28 December 1983 with the 1A45 10:10 Holyhead to Euston service. If the loco is looking reasonably clean, that would because it was only released back into traffic a week earlier, after having had ETH fitted, and being renumbered from 47271 to 47604.

The new order at Manchester Victoria on 10 April 1985. Although having been completed six months earlier, 150001 was still undergoing tests when this picture was taken. The unit was built by BREL at York, and was fitted with Cummins engines and Voith hydraulic transmission. The second prototype (150002) was fitted with Rolls Royce engines, and as should have been no surprise to BR, given their experience with first generation DMUs, this was not a success.

A perfectly timed picture, taken from a train on the Great Western Mainline near Sonning on 12 September 1973. D1068 Western Reliance plods along the up relief line with vacuumed braked mixed freight train 7E36, while a Class 117 DMU bound for Paddington approaches in the distance. This location is just after the famous Sonning cutting, and on the approach to Reading, which at this time was dominated by the large gas holder, which was situated between where the former GWR and Southern lines approached each other, as they neared Reading station.

The ground breaking Blue Pullmans were withdrawn from service in May 1973, but this eight coach unit languished outside Swindon Works for a couple of years, before finally being broken up in 1975. It is pictured here from a passing train on 12 September 1973. The original Nanking blue livery was replaced by this largely white colour scheme in the late 1960s.

50017 Royal Oak rounds the curve at Teignmouth on 23 July 1984 with the 1A48 11:05 Paignton to Paddington 'Torbay Express'. I stand to be corrected, but I think the train only carried this rather improvised headboard for one week.

50040 Leviathan approaches Worcester on 2 May 1980 with the 1C40 15:00 Paddington to Hereford service. Note the casual attitude to the railway boundary on the right, with carefully tended vegetable plots extending from the gardens of the nearby houses, right up the edge of the slope down to the track, without any kind of fence!

A pair of Hoovers on the milk! 50038 Formidable & 50048 Dauntless pass St Budeaux on 18 June 1978 with 16:10 St Erth to Action milk tanks. Although a very interesting train to photograph, it was unfortunately backlit for virtually all of its journey.

50028 Tiger takes the Torbay line at Aller on 3 July 1979 with the 1B90 14:30 Paddington to Paignton service. The loco seems to have sustained some rather localised bodyside damage above the nameplate area. The very strange 1930s built triple naved St Luke's church dominates the background.

40032, pictured during a brief sunny interlude at Preston on 24 July 1977. New to Crewe North depot (as D232) in September 1959, the loco was one of the few Class 40s to be named, receiving the name Empress of Canada the following month. It was withdrawn in 1981, and cut up two years later.

Welcome to the summer in Wales! 40118 emerges from the gloom at Ffynnongroyw on 22 August 1984 with the 1G90 16:40 Llandudno to Birmingham New Street additional. Additional is not a word that is in the railway's vocabulary these days, although cancelled most definitely is! This was the last summer of Class 40 passenger workings, so every train was worth photographing.

Watched by a cyclist on the public footpath that borders the line, Class 117 L407 (51342, 59494 & 51384) descends the Lickey Incline, and approaches Bromsgrove station on 11 August 1984 with the 2V82 11:32 Birmingham New Street to Hereford service. At this time Bromsgrove has a very poor service, and this train, like most others, would not be calling.

A superb view of 37154, as it passes Abbotswood on 8 May 1985 with the 9B70 16:30 Worcester to Gloucester freight. Note how open the viewpoint is, with a clear view all the way to the cluster of buildings and tall chimney near Norton.

50045 Achilles passes a superb collection of semaphore signals, as it heads north at Tiverton Junction on 14 July 1985 with an unidentified working. This picture is taken from the end of Tiverton Junction's up platform, a location that was lost the following year with the closure of the station, after it was replaced by nearby Tiverton Parkway.

50047 Swiftsure passes Spetchley on 12 March 1985 with the 1V90 10:47 Glasgow to Penzance service, which it had taken over at Birmingham New Street. This is the northerly end of the Spetchley loops, both of which were still extant in 1985.

40046 leaves Doncaster on 17 June 1978 with a parcels train, that contains, in addition to the inevitable BR GUVs, a selection of pre-nationalisation van designs. Note the line of brand new International tractors on the right. You certainly don't see a train load of bright red tractors on the railways nowadays!

47440 approaches Saltney Junction on 1 June 1985 with the 1D64 15:10 Euston to Holyhead service. The loco retains its Stratford light grey roof, despite having been transferred to Gateshead six months earlier. The buildings of Chester can be glimpsed through the arches.

50015 Valiant passes the site of Devonport Junction on 22 February 1979 with an up working. The former LSWR line which diverged here to serve Devonport Kings Road station closed to passengers in 1964, and freight seven years later.

50005 Collingwood pictured at its home depot of Laira, in the company of 46016, on 17 April 1979. The distinctive design of the shed is instantly recognisable, even without the totem style sign on the side of the building, which appears to have gone missing.

LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 5690 Leander makes a spirited departure from Shrewsbury, as it passes underneath Kemps Eye Avenue footbridge on 28 January 1984 with the SLOA Sheffield to Euston 'West Mercian' railtour, which the loco worked as far as Hereford.

1980s mainline steam nostalgia! LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 5690 Leander takes water at Dorrington on 28 January 1984, whilst working the SLOA Sheffield to Euston 'West Mercian' railtour. Although only three members of the support crew are actually standing on the mainline, numerous members of the public are swarming all over the trackside, and the old cattle dock, in a way that wouldn't be tolerated today.

Just managing to avoid the shadow from a rogue cloud, LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 5690 Leander rounds the curve at Little Stretton on 28 January 1984 with the SLOA Sheffield to Euston 'West Mercian' railtour, which the loco worked as far as Hereford.

Still unnamed 50050 leaves Bodmin Road on 17 July 1978 with an up working. The loco was named Fearless a few weeks later. At this time the line to Boscarne Junction and Wenford was still open for freight traffic.

50013 Agincourt calls at Bodmin Road on 17 July 1978 with a down working. The Class 50s may be long gone from the area, but luckily Bodmin Road (now called Bodmin Parkway) still retains this fine Great Western Railway footbridge.

Although designed principally as a 100mph passenger loco, Class 50s were nevertheless often used on freight workings. 50044 Exeter is pictured passing through Totnes station on 21 March 1979 with a loaded ballast train.