Old Oak Common's Running Foreman has put his'Flying Dutchman' on the 11.15.a.m. departure fom Paddington, the'Merchant Venturer' seen here at Bath Spa on its only stop on the way to Bristol Temple Meads. Due into Temple Meads at 1 : 28 p.m., and following watering and turning on Bath Road shed 70018 will be booked to return on the 4 : 15.p.m. from Bristol to Paddington, the up' Bristolian', which also was routed via Bath Spa. The'Britannias were not favourably received by footplatemen on the Western Region in their early days, except for those at Cardiff Canton, and the Laira and Old Oak mens' views of these new machines contrasted sharply with those crew members at Norwich and Stratford on the Eastern region, where their allocation of' Britannias' were put to fine use on workings between Liverpool Street and Norwich.