1015 1956-06-23 Bath Spa
The footplate crew are both determined to get in the picture here at Bath Spa as 1015 , " County of Gloucester " , fresh from Swindon Works and on the daily " Running In " duty looks a picture in fully lined out green new colours .
Laira shed had four " Counties " on its allocation at this period in time , using them on a variety of duties northwards on the Bristol line as well as to Paddington and down into Cornwall.
One would appear regularly on the afternoon heavily loaded milk working up from Cornwall to Kensington , a duty which called for a powerful class of engine as whilst it was not a particularly fast run the load increased as the working made its way through Cornwall and Devon , picking up additional fully loaded milk tanks at such places as Totnes , Exeter and Tiverton Junction .