The very hot day ensures a clear exhaust for ex-GWR Castle Class 4-6-0 5051 Earl 
Bathurst, as she roars past Aller with the "Torbay Express" from Bristol to 
Kingswear. The authenticity of the occasion is completed by the locomotive carrying 
an appropriate headboard and the correct train reporting number, 146 (a former GWR 
device to assist signalmen in identifying a particular train), for the Down "Torbay 
Express". 1 August 2004.

Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; jrcs@blueyonder.co.uk