Photographers start snapping away as 34067, Tangmere approaches the road bridge at Yatton, with the Royal Duchy Express. |
As she
enters the stations precincts folk on the ‘down’ platform spring into action.
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She cuts
power and gradually comes to a halt, stopping to pick up passengers for Cornwall.
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30 minutes later Preserved locomotive ex-LNER,
Mallard Class A4 Bittern runs through
Yatton station giving the folks in the “Balcony Seats” a good view as she runs
under the footbridge.
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/, But also
giving them a taste of smoke as she zips through the station on the way to
Kingswear
A succesful day particularly because it was the last run for the Torbay Express.
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