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DEVON ‘GOYLE’: Guest loco at the South DevonRailway’s diesel gala on July19-21 wasBrush Type 2No. 31101 from the Avon Valley
Railway,which is pictured at Buckfastleigh on the final dayahead of working the 10.45 to Totnes. The ‘31’ entered service with British
RailwaysasNo. 5518 in October 1958 and, after withdrawalbyBRinJanuary 1993, entered preservation with Pete Waterman beforebeing
sold to current owners Suburban Preservation and movedtothe AVR. Also visible on the right of this photo is green-liveried Class 04
No. D2271, which made its SDR debut at the gala after arriving from the West Somerset Railwayearlier in the year. Robert Sherwood