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Two more from the archive, mainline steam again on the challenging Hemerdon Bank, 5029 Nunney Castle leads 34046 Braunton, a rebuilt West Country pacific. Speed here will have fallen to less than 20mph. These were taken on 27th April 2014.

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The gradient begins to ease although there's still several miles of climbing before the summit at Wrangaton near South Brent. Then 7 miles of downhill mostly at 1 in 51 on Tigley Bank, through Totnes and then another climb, in places at 1 in 41, to another summit at Dainton before an equally steep descent to Newton Abbot. The South Devon banks were a challenging drive in the days of steam.

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Barrie
 
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