Taken from the 'rear' windows of Salisbury Tunnel Junction signal box the 12.10 Portsmouth Harbour to Bristol Temple Meads 1V26 service is seen. It was unusual to see these services double-headed with just the Brighton trains being rostered for a pair of Crmptons. I thought that I may have might incorrectly identified this train back in 1981 but confirmation from the brilliant RailGenArchive confirms the working. 33005 and 33017 lead the train off the 'branch' from Dean as it was referred to locally.
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