46233 Duchess of Sutherland Struggles to leave Soggy Devon. The Cathedrals Express 3rd Sept. 2016

On a wet and windy day we once more find 46233 travelling from Bristol to Devon, (“Ambassador, you are spoiling us”!) this time at the head of Steam Dreams; “Cathedrals Express” to Kingswear although due to “gauging issues” steam only as far as Newton Abbot with the supporting diesel completing the tour. Meanwhile 46233 embarked on a mini excursion of her own with service coach to Plymouth Laira for turning. We pick up the action between showers along the sea wall at Dawlish where the poor lighting and a less than exciting pass might have been all I was left to show for the day as torrential rain and high winds set in for the rest of the afternoon. However as the rain eased I decided to risk filming the departure from Newton Abbot platform 1 and therefore chose the “unrestricted” (for pedestrians) area of the Network Rail access road to Hackney sidings to film proceedings. After backing on to the train passengers & local spectators brave the light rain and are more than rewarded by the sights and sounds of this wonderful machine before she calls her passengers back on board for a departure which does not go strictly to plan! Through clouds of steam blown my way I have to virtually guess the whereabouts of the loco as she struggles to depart and eventually grinds to a halt. Once the safety valves calm down we hear the crew conversing over the radio before the diesel draws the train back into the station. By now the rain is falling heavily as the crew disappear under one of the rear carriages to effect a fix to what I would guess was a brake-pipe union leak (confirmed by "Andy Taylor" in the comments section below). With the line clear and brakes well and truly off, the train sets off once more into the rain with minimal slip on the wet rails and a delay of 15 minutes made up before arrival at Bristol.

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