9th Feb 1990

Some ARC empties for Whatley Quarry slowly pulls away from the Down Yard, with 56064 doing the honours. The Somerset stone trains are what introduced me to this class of locomotive, and ever since they have been a favourite of mine, their ruggedness and the sound of the shear exertion used to move a train being something to admire, especially on a heavy train up an incline. These empties however, on a level section of railway, will cause little trouble today!