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South Devon Railway Diesel Gala 13th June 2009 Click an image to enlarge
	33002, recently restored by South Devon Diesel Traction, looks resplendent in Dutch livery at the head of an early morning freight that would be stabled at Totnes for the day
	33002 runs around the stock having arrived from Buckfastleigh passing the signal box that is in the process of being restored. New signal posts are appearing in the Totnes area for the resignalling
	D6737 (TOPs 37037) exits the loop at Buckfastleigh to run onto the stock to form a service to Totnes
	20118 looks fantastic in Railfreight livery in the sunlight as it enters the loop at Bishops Bridge
	D7612 thrashes up as it passes 20118 at Bishops Bridge loop with the 'SDDT' headboard
	20118 exits the loop at Bishops Bridge with a service for Totnes. Sun with cloud forecast, something must be wrong!
	33002 on the front of the main set passes a field to the south of Hood Bridge. Named "Sea King", 33002 has been under restoration for many years
	The 127 DMU set passes the river Dart near Hood Bridge. The galas theme this year was diesels across different eras. This meant that the whole home diesel fleet was utilised
	20118, nose first, passes the river Dart with a Totnes - Buckfastleigh service
	The class 127 powers up having got the signal into Staverton platform, with its second and final round trip of the day
	D7612 at the head of the Blood and Custard rake of stock, soon to shunt into the main platform
	D6737 working a mid afternoon service from Buckfastleigh to Totnes
	D7612 sits at Totnes waiting to form a service to Buckfastleigh. As per usual, many trains ran late, however not too severely
	At Buckfastleigh, 33002 runs around to attach to the stock for a an afternoon run to Totnes
	Seen here coupled to the stock it would take forwards to Totnes
	At Totnes, 20118 was added to the front to complete another run to Buckfastleigh. The trains seemed less busy that usual, perhaps due to the West Somerset's mixed gala on the same day
	Pioneer bubble car W55000 passes 33002 with an ECS working to Staverton loop
	33002 departs Totnes with the late afternoon freight working to Buckfastleigh, returning the ballast rake that had been deposited at Totnes for the day
	43304 leads 1M70 1520 Newquay - Manchester Piccadilly service for Cross Country, on the back was National Express powercar 43239
	43329 on the rear of 1M70, the second day of working in the South West, presumably due to low availability of Cross Country powercars

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