70016 1954-08-28 Wellington Somerset-ROneg-1902-BWB-069
Wellington Station and Down express
View NE, towards Taunton and Bristol.. The train is the 1.25pm Saturday relief express, Paddington to Kingswear, headed by BR Britannia 4-6-2 No. 70016 'Ariel', which was one of the 15 Britannias that were tolerated by the Western Region for a few years. Along with a constant stream of Summer Saturday expresses on the Taunton - Exeter stretch, it is about to tackle the steepest (1:66-90) last three miles of the climb to Whiteball Summit.