Dinmore Manor in first visit to South Devon Railway

WR Manor 4-6-0 No. 7820 Dinmore Manor is to pay its first visit to the South Devon Railway this winter.

The Collett locomotive, based at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, will be used to haul the SDR's new ‘Polar Express' festive trains, before taking part in the line's winter steam gala on December 31 and January 2.

Called ‘Mince Pies, Manor and More', the winter gala will see

No. 7820 working alongside locomotives from the Buckfastleighbased fleet, and all passengers will receive a free mince pie.

The BR-lined black Manor will be just a short distance from the South Devon banks, over which it was regularly used as a pilot engine when it was allocated to Plymouth Laira shed in the mid to late 1950s.