19th March 2005

It's great to see a "Whizzer" out on the mainline at any time, and certainly D1015 "Western Champion", despite the foggy conditions, is gleaming in its desert sand livery. It is passing through Taunton at 10.10 at a fair rate of speed, on the 1Z52 07.04 Ealing Broadway to Plymouth "Western Lizard" railtour, operated by Pathfinder Tours. The train would be visiting Fowey and Newquay before returning to the west London suburbs,