33002 & 33019, "The Penzance Flyer", 22nd June 1996

On 22nd June 1996, a proper West Country Summer Saturday day out was apprieciated by Crompton afficionadoes, thanks to Pathfinder Railtours. While the train started in Birmingham with a 47/7, 33002 & 33019 worked the train between Bristol Temple Meads and Penzance and return.

This video starts and finishes in the Exeter area and covers a lot of the well known scenic locations along the route. The train was over an hour late by the time it left Bristol which meant some slow running along the Dawlish sea wall as it caught up with a local stopping train. As usual for a summer saturday at the time, plenty of lineside photographers were out and about, with a nameless notorious face noted early on at Starcross in the late morning and many perched on top of Langstone Rock near Dawlish Warren. After a good run along the sea wall and river side to Newton Abbot the train continued on through Dainton Tunnel toward Plymouth, over Brunels Royal Albert Bridge and on in to Cornwall. After a shortened rest at Penzance the Cromptons head back toward Bristol without any major delays.

Another cracking day out!

[Hi8 source]


00:00 Exeter St.Thomas
00:53 Starcross
02:00 Dawlish Warren
04:35 Dawlish
09:40 Teignmouth
11:19 Newton Abbot
13:37 Dainton Tunnel
16:05 Devonport
16:35 Keyham
16:49 St. Budeaux Ferry Road
18:37 Saltash
21:40 Lostwithiel
22:34 Truro
29:30 Penzance
31:27 Treverrin Tunnel
32:30 Lostwithiel
34:55 Bodmin Parkway
40:26 Liskeard
41:13 Menheniot
42:15 St. Germans
42:45 Saltash
45:11 St. Budeaux Ferry Road
45:51 Plymouth
46:29 Lipson Junction/Laira Depot
50:31 Newton Abbot
52:00 Teignmouth
53:00 Dawlish