9463 1956-09-03 Penzance
Peter Kerslake comments- "I really like this one and was lucky to get the happy shunter, complete with nicely washed overalls, and on his shunters' wagon into the shot as well. Taken at the carriage sidings at Long Rock, it was by far my best shot of the day. We enthusiasts of the day tended to forget that the line westwards from Plymouth went down to Penzance and trips into the Duchy were, I am ashamed to say , infrequent in comparison to those up to Newton Abbot and Exeter. London Midland Region stock is being marshalled for a "West to North" express and the Travelling Post Office stock waits in the distance ready for the late overnight working to Bristol and beyond probably that same night. A splendid location with Mounts Bay to my left."