45596 Bahamas, High Drama Over The Devon Banks ! The Royal Duchy

LMS 45596 Bahamas provides a day of high drama as the double chimney Jubilee class makes a preservation first by heading over the notorious Devon Banks on the Royal Duchy. The outward leg would see a dramatic climb of Rattery Bank, where the crew of the locomotive were thrown a red light by signalman just after Totnes, which would put the loco and crew into the precarious situation of having to restart their train on a 1/66 gradient. With other serious grades to come the driver would have to call upon all of his driving repertoire to keep his locomotive moving while trying not to come to a stand at an approaching red light !

After the events on the outbound leg, there was another impending challenge for the return and that was two mile slog up the 1/42 Hemerdon Bank ! The gradient is one of the steepest in the country and takes no prisoners. Would the Jubilee be able to haul its nine coach train over the top ? Either way, it would be steam, toil and sweat from the loco and crew !

I hope you enjoy the show !