Performing the splits
Having left 6 wagons at Burngullow 66127 then took another 5 up to Little Treviscoe for loading. I was expecting the rest to be taken up after the first 5 were loaded and brought back down, however the recently loaded wagons were split, connected to either end of the train then taken to Par to await an onward path to the West Midlands.
The split was basically the front 3, seen attached to the loco going up to the shunt head and being reversed onto the already loaded ensemble seen on the left. The whole consist was then reversed into the remaining 2 wagons bottom right before heading off. Before the final connection was made I headed off to the far side of St Austell for a shot of it leaving St Austell.
Performing the splits
Having left 6 wagons at Burngullow 66127 then took another 5 up to Little Treviscoe for loading. I was expecting the rest to be taken up after the first 5 were loaded and brought back down, however the recently loaded wagons were split, connected to either end of the train then taken to Par to await an onward path to the West Midlands.
The split was basically the front 3, seen attached to the loco going up to the shunt head and being reversed onto the already loaded ensemble seen on the left. The whole consist was then reversed into the remaining 2 wagons bottom right before heading off. Before the final connection was made I headed off to the far side of St Austell for a shot of it leaving St Austell.