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Cornish train spotters have been frothing at the rims today with a rarely seen DMU making a visit. A pair of 143s escaped Devon for a visit to Cornwall, not once but twice today!

143612/143618 worked 2P86 1141 Penzance to Plymouth, having worked down in place of the early morning Bristol Parkway departure from Exeter. They then came back for another go as 2C43 1349 Plymouth to Penzance and 2E88 1644 Penzance to Exeter.

Fair enough: Cornish train enthusiasts don't often get to see such heritage stock in the Duchy.  :P ::) ;D

.....mmm.  I hope its not a portent of things to come ::) :P

I think retiring them to the Cornish branches is a great idea! It is, after all,  where buses go to die ;)

GWR realised their sister bus company have retired most of our old buses now and decided to treat the bus enthusiasts? ;D
Unfortunately First Kernow has lost much of its old variety in the last 3 months and very few proper old buses remain.  :'(

They wouldn't go quietly to those branch lines though. Screeching and squealing.

That's partly why Pacers were removed from those lines back in the late 1980s.

I think I've ridden on some of those buses in St Ives  :)

Surely in the interests of sharing rolling stock, it must be time for the units to do a spell on the Henley branch ?