Peter Kerslake says "32697 has been engaged on banking duties up from Exeter St. Davids to at Exeter Central. I had come up to Exeter from Plymouth this day via the Southern route and I think myself and my colleagues that day had decided on a 'Southern day' as we visited Exmouth Junction shed. Note how the line on the far left drops down to St. Davids and vanishes on the severe gradient, hence the need for the bankers! 32697 was destined to be the last of its class, and was replaced in 1959 by the 'Z' class,0-8-0Ts. "