SR Bulleid Light Pacific on WR train beside the sea near Dawlish
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SR Bulleid Light Pacific on WR train beside the sea near Dawlish
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 4 Jul 1955
View along the sea-front just NE of Dawlish, towards Exeter etc.: ex-GWR South Devon main line. To familiarise staff with the alternative ex-GWR and ex-LSWR routes, for many years one train a day between Exeter and Plymouth was worked by engines and crews of the other system. This was why a SR engine was working the 11.35 Exeter St Davids - Plymouth North Road. This is Bulleid Light Pacific No. 34038 'Lynton' (built 9/46 as No. 21C138, renumbered 2/49, withdrawn (unrebuilt) 6/66).
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Image Location
Latitude
50.587593
Longitude
-3.455088