4th May 2024

Tour number three (part two): GBRf Class 73 no. 73136 "Mhairi" tags on the back of the BLS railtour "May the Fourth Be With You" as it descends the bank from the tunnel at 12.51. 1Z73 06.48 Eastleigh to Exeter Central is headed by three Class 59s and one Class 33 and I would catch up again with this train at Seaton Junction. By then, though, the 59s would be on their way back to Westbury, mores the pity, as that would have been a special sight for "The Mule"!