IoW. 33. 1964/09/03, 2. W22 "Brading" arrives at Cowes station with the 11:34 train from Ryde Pier Head and then conducts the "gravity run-round". Initially the train ran to the bufferstops to allow passengers off, then the engine propelled the stock out beyond the engine release crossover which can be seen between the tracks. The handbrake on the coaches was applied while the loco ran forward and across the points to run-round, the brake on the stock in the meantime being released so that the stock ran by gravity back to the bufferstops, chased by the engine! Thursday 3rd September 1964.
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