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Former LMS pacific No. 46233 Duchess of Sutherland passes Laira Junction, Plymouth, with the up 'Cornish Riviera' on the evening of August 28, 2016. There is just about enough light left and she is well wound up, the speed limit through Laira being 70mph. She will need all that speed, for the climb of Hemerdon Bank will start at Plympton, over two miles at a ruling gradient of 1 in 42.

Description
Former LMS pacific No. 46233 Duchess of Sutherland passes Laira Junction, Plymouth, with the up 'Cornish Riviera' on the evening of August 28, 2016. There is just about enough light left and she is well wound up, the speed limit through Laira being 70mph. She will need all that speed, for the climb of Hemerdon Bank will start at Plympton, over two miles at a ruling gradient of 1 in 42.