Station Name: PADSTOW[Source: Martin James]
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Sometime in the 1930s, 0298 class Beattie well tank No.3329 shunts the sidings on the south end of Padstow station site. The story of the three Beatties which survived into the twentieth century and, in the case of two, beyond, has been told with other images so needs no repetition here. Note the number on the rear of the bunker; it was also applied on both cabsides and the front bufferbeam during Southern Railway days. On top of the bunker a selection of the fireman's tools of the trade can be seen. These comprised all that was required to prepare, maintain and drop the fire. The locomotive is operating duty 604, which appears in a number of photographs but details of this for any given date have proved elusive. Of the three Beatties which survived into the twentieth century, one was engaged on the Wenford Bridge branch, another was presumably spare while the third appears to have pottered around on duty 604. From piecing together information from photographs and written information it would seem duty 604 involved Wadebridge and Padstow pilot work with passenger and goods trips within the Bodmin - Wadebridge - Padstow section thrown in. In steam days, in particular, this type of mixed duty was nothing unusual. Note the white-painted and weighted points lever on the right, also the ground shunt signal on the left. The latter was of a style said to have been peculiar to the Southern.
Photo from Malc McCarthy collection
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