No way planned whatsoever but had to be done. When I found out that the rarely seen Rat was out I made plans to do this. Luckily it was a day off. Having looked at the timetable I should be able to bag 2 winning steam trains including a visiting 4936 Kinlet Hall as well. And if what I read on a different website is true I'll get a brakevan ride behind the 08 at Churston.
So left Plymouth on the 0840. Arriving into Newton Abbot on time at 0920 I had a 6 minute wait for the train to Paignton.
Once I arrived at Paignton it was a short walk over to the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway. First up was 4936 Kinlet Hall. It was short and sweet as I only did it to Churston. At Churston I waited for the next train to Kingswear which was 7827 Lydham Manor. During my wait a had two brake van rides behind the 08, D3014.
I returned to Paignton behind 7827 and the next train was the Class 25, D7535 which I got to Kingswear and back.
As with what seems like most days now, the weather was awful. But I got four new winners including an 08. Can't complain about that!
No comments:
Post a Comment