BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0 No. 76009 (really 76079) and SR Bulleid ‘Battle of Britain’ 4-6-2 No 34067 <i>Tangmere</i> at platform 1 of Bishops Lydeard station on the West Somerset Railway during the Spring Steam Gala. After waiting in the station for the southbound service to vacate the single line to Crowcombe Heathfield, the locos will double-head the last leg of the charter service from London Paddington to Minehead that was conveyed by 34067 alone as far as the WSR.
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The train at platform 1 has just arrived into the station hauled by BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 No 92203 <i>Black Prince</i> (not visiable in this photograph), disgorging a larger number of passengers than the builders of this village station on a country branchline could ever have expected to see on its platforms.
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Photo by <a href="mailto:cmckenna@sucs.org?subject=rail-photo at railfaneurope.net">Chris McKenna</a>18/03/2006.<br>
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