Black 5 44871 in High Drama on The Bath & Bristol Christmas Markets 28th Nov.

The last minute substitution of 5-MT 44871 for the injured 7-P 34067 Tangmere meant the certain attachment of diesel assistance on the rear for the ascent of the infamous Parkstone Bank, and this was provided in the form of Crompton Class 33: 33029 Glen Loy. With my wife in charge of the second camera on Parkstone Station and me on the bridge at Sandcotes Road with the camera mounted on a rice bag positioned on the parapet, the plan was to film the pair raising the train up the gradient with ease. However, things were not to go to plan for the start of this tour when, due to the lack of a driver for the 33, it was decided to chance the bank without assistance. With a load of 11 coaches and probably the most humid and greasy conditions you are ever likely to face, the outcome was inevitable. Luckily, the relief driver on the footplate took the decision to return to Poole Sidings by road and himself drive the abandoned diesel to affect the rescue. Lucky positioning of the two cameras catches the whole story which resulted in a 1 hour delay. You will notice a couple of actions by crew members on the track: the first, thanks to "cyclopsfilm", is evidence gathering of the track conditions for a possible later enquiry, the next looks like the removal of a safety detonator in front of the diesel. The rest of the outward journey went exactly to plan albeit 1 hour behind schedule and we managed to get a good bridge shot, again using a rice bag, at East Grimstead on the long straight from West Dean. Thinking that a depleted water-tank would need extra time to fill at Salisbury, we raced off to Great Wishford, only to see the train approaching as we were climbing the hill, so I quickly hand-held the camera on the top of a fencepost for a quick capture in the gloomiest of conditions. Whilst the passengers enjoyed either Bath or Bristol Christmas Markets, we visited the one at Salisbury and completed the day with the nicest of passengers, crew and locals capturing the sights and atmosphere of the return water-stop on the platform of Salisbury Station where I finally have the luxury of a tripod!

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