Steaming through Cornwall

I have just been out to photograph a train.  Not just any old train.  This was the Great Britain railtour.  It started last Saturday (a week ago), steaming from London to Edinburgh.  It then proceeded behind a variety of different steam engines to the west coast of Scotland (Mallaig and Kyle of Lochalsh), before returning down the country via the Settle & Carlisle line, Preston, the Welsh Marches to Bristol.  Today's leg was from Bristol to Penzance.  The weary passengers, who have paid royally for their experience, will finally get back to London tomorrow, on Day 9.

Today's train was a rarity.  A double headed steam train on the main line through Cornwall, with neither of the engines being a native Great Western engine.  Southern Railway Pacific engine 'Tangmere' was leading Britannia class Pacific 'Oliver Cromwell', although the steam from Tangmere is obscuring much of the second loco in my photo.  The train came within a mile and a half of Cider Cottage, although my picture was a little further up the line at St Germans viaduct, with Polbathic Lake in the foreground.

Peter

The Great Britain railtour crossing St Germans viaduct, Cornwall

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