47805 and 47593 1Z75 North Filham 27/09/20.

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47805 and 47593 1Z75 North Filham 27/09/20.
47805 and 47593 1Z75 North Filham 27/09/20.

*Shot taken using a pole*

Complete with The Cornishman headboard, two tone green liveried 47805 Roger Hosking MA 1925-2013 is seen leading large logo blue classmate 47593 Galloway Princess as they storm through North Filham with the 1Z75 10:40 Penzance to York return leg of the Cornish Riviera Statesman rail tour run by Statesman Rail. Having worked down to Cornwall on the preceding Friday and then making a trip to Kingswear on the Saturday, the train returned north on the Sunday. Having missed the sun on the outward run near Powderham by seconds, I was pleased to be met with a blue sky for the return leg.

The line-side fence to the right of the frame denotes the southern boundary of Dartmoor National Park. This large upland granite outcrop presented a challenge to the South Devon Railway when constructing their line from Exeter to Plymouth. Significant gradients are encountered in order to raise the line from near sea level at both Totnes (Rattery bank) and Plymouth (Hemerdon bank) up onto the southern flank of the moor. Brunel had proposed his Atmospheric Railway system for the entirety of this line as per the completed section between Exeter and Newton Abbot, however the significant shortcomings of that method of operation had seen its abandonment before this section was opened in 1848. Adhesion worked trains were instead left to tackle the climbs which still present a challenge to modern traction and significantly limit maximum trailing loads.

Both of these veteran locomotives are now operated by Locomotive Services Limited. 47805 was delivered new to the Western Region as D1935, initially being allocated to Bristol Bath Road depot in March 1966. 47593 found its first home at the opposite end of the country as D1973 at Haymarket depot in November 1965.

Please note that the fields immediately to the left of the frame are to be built on as part of a new housing development.

27/09/20.

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Taken on: September 27, 2020
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