18 RAIL EXPRESS September 2019
RETRO PASSENGER
16 :GOODRINGTON:Aviewofthe carriagesidings from WhitstoneRoad br idge as
‘Western’ No. D1021 powers out towardsPaignton with empty stock on July11, 1976
–the last summerforthe class. Also visible areanother ‘Western’ runninground its
stock andaClass 47. The heritageline to Kingswear is on the left.
17: GOODRINGTON:Abusyscene on October 3, 1987 with three HSTs stabled in
the sidings plus No. 50018 and the stockforthe 19.18Paignton-Cardiff,asp reserved
Type 2No. D7535 (25185) passes with the 13.10 Kingswear-Paignton.Mark SWilkins
18: GOODRINGTON:Amuch emptier sidings on July13, 2002 as Virgin’s No.
47828 runsround the stock offthe 07.00 from Bristol toform the10.01 to Newcastle.
The line nearest the cameraist he Dartmouth SteamRailwaytoKingswear.
19: TORQUAYTODAY:Regular loco-hauled trains toPaignton ended in
2002, although GWR HSTs continued untilearlier thisyear,and this summer sees
CrossCountry HSTs on the branch again. The onlyreal opportunityforloco-hauled to
Paignton nowisonarailtour,such as onMay25when Type 3s Nos. 37059+37407 head
the return ‘RetroDevonSeaside’ to Huddersfield whileaCrossCountry HSTheads to
Paignton.Tim Squires 1617 18
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remodelled,which sawthe semaphore
signalsreplacedby colour li ght sand
theactualjunctionatAller movedback
towardsthe station.
Loco-haule dservices from
Paddingtonhaddiedout by the
early-1990s,being replacedbyHSTs,
althoughone out andback diagram was
reintroducedonsummer Saturdayspost-Privatisation in thelate-1990s, which
wasworkedbyaClass 4 7.This lasted
untilthe endofsummer 2002 (seetable).
Regular cross-countryworkings
continued tosee loco-hauledtrain sright
throughtoAugust2002,when‘Voyagers’
took over–but 2004 sa wfour Class 67s
andstock hired to handlethe busiest
workings.E❮