Three Hawksworth '94xx' pannier tanks in the shed yard at Truro on 2nd June 1957. In addition to No.9434 nearest the camera, the photographer recorded Nos. 8486 and 8412 as being present. It is a mystery why Truro needed so many powerful shunting engines; the only possible logic being that Penzance also had a trio, an early case of standardisation?

Peter Kerslake says "I think that the allocation of a number of Pannier tank engines at Truro depot in its heyday was that Truro was an important depot serving not only the main line passenger workings in both directions between Plymouth and Penzance but also the branch line between Chacewater and Newquay and also the Falmouth branch.
Pannier tanks would sometimes work the Newquay branch, normally the domain of the depot's "4500" class, and would additionally handle frequent goods traffic down to Falmouth and to Newham yards three miles from Truro on that line but the busy freight yards at Truro itself would call upon Truro's Panniers on a regular daily basis.
This photograph shows the far corner of Truro depot with the houses of Highertown above, the depot incorporating the large Works shown in this view handling carriage and wagon repairs.
A compact and well maintained facility, the depot survived in service until 1962."