Following the use of Maunsell " W 2 " 2-6-4 class as bankers between St. Davids and Central stations at Exeter were , in the last year or so of steam , a number of Western Region Pannier Tanks , but diminishing amounts of freight traffic soon brought regular piloting and banking scenes such as this depicted here to an end .
These two are acting as pilot engines to a freight bound for Central with a Southern headcode disc on 4666 , waiting for the " Right Away " on St. David's through road , doubtless with a banker or two at the tail end