rebuilt bulleid ‘pacifics’ reclaim sOutHern territOry
Just a few days before ‘Merchant navy’ no. 35018 British India Line ran on Southern Region metals to bournemouth and Weymouth for the first time since 1964 (see down Main), ‘West country’ no. 34046 Braunton was also in action on upwey bank, hauling the Saphos Trains ‘dorset coast express’ from bristol on July 3. on the return leg, the ‘Pacific’ tackles the 1‑in‑74 climb through upwey station, the former junction for the abbotsbury branch – the running‑in board betraying this route’s GWR origins before it was transferred to the Southern Region in 1950. stepHen Ginn