It was a tradition that services between Brighton and Exeter were double-headed throughout. There was always a shout from the spotters on platform ends of 'double header' when one of these services approached! 33015 leads 33043 on the 09.20 Brighton to Exeter St. David's 1V61 service on the approach to Salisbury with the train having just emerged from Salisbury's Fisherton tunnel. The train is passing under the A36 Churchill Way North inner relief road. Both of these locomotives have been scrapped with 33043 outliving 33015 by two years. The latter was condemned after a serious underframe fire whilst hauling a stone train near Tiverton Junction in July 1989.
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