The Devonian as I remember it

The northbound 'Devonian' pounding through Lawrence Hill Station

View southward, towards central Bristol. This was a Summer Saturday, when this express and many others took the ex-GW route - the route still in use - out of Bristol via Filton Junction and Westerleigh West Junction to reach the ex-Midland main line to the North at Yate. It was a stiff climb, mostly at 1-in-75, up to Filton Junction, so LMS 'Jubilee' 6P 4-6-0 No. 5651 'Shovell' is going flat-out here - and making a splendid noise - on the 'Devonian' (09.15 Paignton to Bradford Forster Square), which she has just taken over at Bristol Temple Meads.