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I saw similar on the Bluebell in August 2005 - see attached photo. The trains to remove the spoil from Imberhorne tip were marshalled with the brake van at the south end of the formation so that when the train was propelled towards the tip face from Kingscote, the wagons were the closest vehicles to the tip face. I didn't see the propelling move, so I don't know how this was controlled. However, to avoid losing time shunting, the train remained in this formation when running back to Horsted Keynes, meaning the brake van was right behind the loco, with the six open wagons trailing behind. I thought this was strange, so I asked a member of the crew at Horsted, who told me that it was ok as the train was fully fitted.
Tony
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