Westbury North Signal Box

Even the mighty " Cornish Riviera " could suffer the consequences of a failure of the rostered " King " on a bad day , and that's what has clearly happened here as a " Hall " on this top link duty would without doubt mean that it has been substituted earlier in the run down from Paddington , but the crew have managed to get the Reporting Number in place even though the headboard hasn't made it .
The load , as one would expect for this duty , is substantial , and there may be a " Castle " standing by further down the line to take this train forward and over the South Devon banks to Plymouth