Turning for Home

70013 just about fits on the turntable at Minehead, ready for the journey back to London. This engine weighs 94 tons plus the tender coal and water and has to be balanced front and back to enable the Loco to be manually turned around by hand.

If you have ever seen The Beatles film, " A Hard Days Night ", in the film they used Minehead Station for filming some parts of the movie including the old turntable, however this one is a replacement

Done