GWR Auto Trains
W228
Filmed during a special photo charter on 30th May 2017, GWR 55xx 2-6-2T Prairie 5542 is seen with GWR auto trailers No. 233 & W228 at locations including Kilbury, Woodville and Ashburton Junction, so perfectly recreating a Great Western branch line during the late 1940s and early 1950s during the early years of Nationalisation during the GWR / BR (WR) transition when GWR & BR Maroon auto trailers with GWR branded Prairies would have been quite common.
W232W
The Bodmin & Wenford Railway is a twin branch line railway that runs for 7 miles from Bodmin Parkway to Bodmin General in Cornwall. Running through the glorious cornish countryside, the heyday of West Country branch services is recreated during one of the line's regular 'Branch Line' days when we see GWR 64xx 0-6-0PT 6435 auto-pannier with BR (WR) Auto-Trailer W232W and GWR 56xx 0-6-2T South Wales Coal Tank 5619.
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No. 233
Filmed during a special photo charter on 30th May 2017, GWR 55xx 2-6-2T Prairie 5542 is seen with GWR auto trailers No. 233 & W228 at locations including Kilbury, Woodville and Ashburton Junction, so perfectly recreating a Great Western branch line during the late 1940s and early 1950s during the early years of Nationalisation during the GWR / BR (WR) transition when GWR & BR Maroon auto trailers with GWR branded Prairies would have been quite common.
Filmed from the cab of GWR auto trailer No. 233, we enjoy a cab ride between Ashburton Junction (Totnes) and Staverton propelled by GWR 55xx 2-6-2T Prairie 5542 with a return Totnes - Buckfastleigh auto working on 30th May 2017.