An 0920-1620 7 hour session at a warm, sunny Clink Road Jn, East of Frome in Somerset.
This is where the Frome loop and Whatley Quarry branch leave the main line from Westbury to Taunton.
Freight traffic was obviously mainly stone from Whatley and Merehead’s vast quarries
plus 33014 on the Fawley – Tiverton Jn oils.
Passenger traffic included some reliefs as Easter Monday was the day before
A spartan Weymouth – Westbury service appeared to include a 117 DMU and 31165
I was there to see Westerns and it was a good day for them with 10 viewed, 7 of them on passenger too. A total of 34 locos were seen, pretty good!
50017 pass,
51308/59475/51323 – 0810 Bristol – Weymouth
51307/59474/51322 – 0710 Weymouth – Bristol
1053 Motorail – 1V34 0745 Kensington O – St Austell
50027 up pass,
47232 stone,
1023 parcels – 5A06 0650 Plymouth – OOC (probably)
33022 stone
47355 light
50019 down pass
1009 pass – 1Z75 0835 Penzance – Padd Relief
47020 pass
51445/59549/51515 0900 Cardiff – Weymouth
47060 pass,
33020 stone
Making quite a racket D1054 Western Governor storms past Clink Road with 1B25 0930 Padd – Penzance
1054 pass – 1B25 0930 Padd – Penzance
47125 stone,
51579/59264/51588/51066/59425/51094 – 1019 Bristol – Weymouth
47232 light,
47355 stone
1022 stone,
31165 pass – 1005 Weymouth – Bristol
47013 pass,
47076 up pass –
50035 pass,
47036 light,
1010 Western Campaigner approaches Clink Road’s impressive semaphores with 1B45 1130 Padd – Penzance
1010 pass – 1B45 1130 Padd – Penzance
50009 pass
51445/59549/51511 – 1215 Weymouth – Bristol
47232 light,
With the adverse signals reflected in the cab window, 33014 creeps upto the signal with the Fawley – Tiverton Jn loaded oil
33014 oil, – Fawley – Tiverton Jn
1028 pass – 1A75 1100 Plymouth – Padd
50030 pass
47355 stone
1071 pass – 1B55 1230 Padd – Paignton
47232 stone
47055 stone
1005 pass – 1Z65 1320 Padd – Penzance Relief
50043 pass
47171 pass – 1B65 1300 Padd – Penzance
1015 Western Champion with Yeoman hoppers being tripped from Westbury to Merehead approaches Clnk Road
1015 stone
1048 pass – 1A19 – 1100 Penzance – Padd
47055 stone
33031 light
50019 pass – 1A29 1355 Paignton – Padd
50027 pass – 1B73 1430 Padd – Paignton
Power viewed (34 locos)
1005, 1009, 1010, 1015, 1022, 1023, 1028, 1048, 1053, 1054, ……10 (7 on passenger)
31165,…..1
33014, 33020, 33022, 33031….4
47013, 47020, 47036, 47055, 47060, 47076, 47125, 47171, 47232, 47355….11,
50009, 50017, 50019, 50027, 50030, 50035, 50043…..8
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