October 2006

47810 owned by Cotswold Rail, but still wearing Virgin XC livery heads west through Totnes at 15:58 working the 5Z02 12:00 Long Marston to Laira. The consist was former Virgin Crosscountry HST stock aquired by First Great Western. The formation even had matching barrier coaches in the form of Mk3a TSO's, the train consisting of 11013 + 42318 42319 42321 42320 41148 41169 44091 + 11033. Friday 13th October 2006.

47712 Top & Tailed with 47832 arrive into Totnes Platform 2 working the 1Z21 07:15 London Paddington to Buckfastleigh "The Blue Pullman." Due to weight restrictions for Class 47's on Nursery Pool Bridge just outside Buckfastleigh, 37321 on the South Devon Railway was used to haul the train from Totnes Littlehempston to Buckfastleigh. Saturday 28th October 2006.