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It's 2002, and the class 37s of Cornwall are no more. While a few of the actual locomotives survive, eking out their last days on engineer's trains in north-west England, the local Cornish china clay traffic is firmly in the hands of EWS's new order, the EMD-built class 66s. Some long-distance workings are handled by British-built class 60s, with the EMD class 67 Bo-Bos, intended for use on mail traffic appearing from time to time.
66189 arrives at Par with a very heavy midday Burngullow to St Blazey trip working. The leading tankers are bound Irvine, the rear covered hoppers are for Stoke-on-Trent, and the middle wagons are for Italy via the Channel Tunnel
Because the train is too long to run round, the St Blazey yard pilot, 08499 is summoned to help out
The 'Gronk' is coupled to the rear of the train, which is about to head round the curve to St Blazey yard, with the 66 heading up the rear.
66127 stands in the branch loop, waiting for the road to Lostwithiel with a loaded clay train from Goonbarrow to Fowey
St Blazey is also home to the locomotives used for mail trains to and from the West Country. Here no less than four class 67s head east to Plymouth after servicing
66090 has just arrived at with the Mondays-only oil tanks from Penzance. This is now the only regular freight train into west Cornwall
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