26th Feb 1984

47143 is returning light engine to St. Davids, after shunting the Blue Circle Cement sidings adjacent to the station. The through line it is running on was lifted the year after, and today a locomotive at Central station would be a rare event. The cement sidings closed in the '80s, and have since been built on. Products from the Exmouth Junction concrete works are in plain view here, and have survived into the modern era.