A young trainspotter looks on with interest at the spectacle unfolding before him at Exeter St David’s on 18 May 1962. 'Z' class 0-8-0Ts 30955 and 30956 are banking a heavy train of aggregate from Meldon Quarry on the 1 in 37 gradient to Exeter Central, with an Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T piloting a Class 'N' 2-6-0 at the front.
Location: Exeter St Davids
Original line: Bristol and Exeter Railway
Photographer: Colin Kirkwood
Contact photographer: Colin Kirkwood
Date: 18/05/1962
Image number: 78509