A couple more locos, one with an association with the S&D, the other more dubious!

2P 40601 was an S&D regular, here represented by another Hornby loco with tender drive, and again a more than adequate runner. Again, not much has been done to this one - tender gap shortened, renumbered, lamp irons and lamps, crew, coal and a bit of weathering. In immediate post-nationalisation BR condition, there;s a nice picture in this state in one of the Ivo Peters volumes.

Which makes the appearance of a rebuilt West Country on the Up Pines Express a bit of an anomaly! Even more questionable is the identify of the WC, 34036 Westward Ho, which I'm not sure is one of the class that was ever seen on the S&D. But for now, it stands in for a typical member of its class, hauling an equally representative impression of the Pines Express, which often loaded to 12 or 14 coaches. Here, 8 will be the maximum, owing to fiddle yard capacity. This Hornby WC has been weathered and had the tender gap shortened again. Two more are available, (both with sound) but have yet to be weathered.

Below, a slightly tighter view of the same scene excludes the 2P's tender, so it can (just about) pass as a plausible scene in 1959.

Cheers again, and thanks for indulging this S&D excursion.