Had a bit of a play today. Then stopped to get some photo's.

Plymouth and Westward Ho with a Seaton to Newcastle service that will go up via the S&D. T9 30310 on a stopping Salisbury to Exeter Central service. xGW pannier waits in the bay with the local to Yeovil. Meanwhile 'Jinty' 47315 waits to take some empty wagons from local coal merchants back up to Radstock.

Bus service appears to be lost passing Clench's Bottom farm (blind says Paulton via Timsbury, must get a new one for this layout)

Unusual to have two pick-up goods in the yard at the same time, must have been signalling problems somewhere. 46440 shunts loaded coal wagons to the merchant while on it's way from Templecombe to Exeter.

Looks rather clean, can't have just come out of the works as it still has a cycling lion on the tender.

30310 stops to take on some water before continuing.

Last edited by JZ on Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:39 pm, edited 1 time in total. Julian.. Re: All change at Somercombe.by JZ on Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:14 pm

All steam in the last few pictures. But things were soon to change.

The local to Yeovil is now a DMU and works down from Westbury. The Salisbury-Exeter stopper still runs, but for how much longer A BR type 2 works the Templecombe-Exeter pick-up, while a Clayton is on "The coal" to Radstock. Meanwhile 'Falcon' storms through with an inter-regional express. I have it on good authority that both the Claytons and 'Falcon' saw service over the S&D.