Railway Herald
Operating the fourth steam charter of the year to Sherborne in Dorset is former Southern 'Merchant Navy' Class Pacific No. 35028 'CLAN LINE', captured pleasing the sizable crowd of onlookers on passing the iconic Templecombe Box on 20th December 2018, hauling the (08:46) London Victoria to Sherborne 'THE SHERBORNE CHRISTMAS CAROL' tour. This slightly unusual layout is a mere shadow of the station it once was when in British Rail days Templecombe was a considerably larger affair and an important junction providing a connection from/to the Somerset and Dorset route from Bath to Bournemouth.
Stephen Ginn
