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Another Railworks screenshot. Here we see WD Austerity 2-8-0 No. 90125 storming out of Bath with a goods train on the Somerset & Dorset Railway. Note the GWR 57xx pannier tank pushing at the rear.

This is a recreation of a scene that Ivo Peters caught on January 22, 1959. Story goes that when the Western Region gained control of the S&D, they started looking for a suitable replacement for the old 7F 2-8-0s. They first tested the aforementioned WD on the 11am down goods(consisting of mostly unfitted wagons) to Evercreech Junction. Long story short, the WD's braking power was woefully unsuitable for the steep grades that the S&D was known for. The train ran away, and even with the six vacuum-fitted vans added, it was a harrowing downhill ride and they were just barely able to stop the train. As a result, the test was declared a failure and the WDs were never seen again on the S&D; their braking power just could not compare to the good old 7Fs.

Source: The Somerset and Dorset in the Fifties Vol. 2 by Ivo Peters

Description

Another Railworks screenshot. Here we see WD Austerity 2-8-0 No. 90125 storming out of Bath with a goods train on the Somerset & Dorset Railway. Note the GWR 57xx pannier tank pushing at the rear.

This is a recreation of a scene that Ivo Peters caught on January 22, 1959. Story goes that when the Western Region gained control of the S&D, they started looking for a suitable replacement for the old 7F 2-8-0s. They first tested the aforementioned WD on the 11am down goods(consisting of mostly unfitted wagons) to Evercreech Junction. Long story short, the WD's braking power was woefully unsuitable for the steep grades that the S&D was known for. The train ran away, and even with the six vacuum-fitted vans added, it was a harrowing downhill ride and they were just barely able to stop the train. As a result, the test was declared a failure and the WDs were never seen again on the S&D; their braking power just could not compare to the good old 7Fs.

Source: The Somerset and Dorset in the Fifties Vol. 2 by Ivo Peters