20118 & 20132 Bourton 20 May 2020

20118 Saltburn-by-the-Sea & 20132 Barrow Hill pass Bourton on 20 May 2020 with the 5Q76 07:36 Ely Papworth Sidings to Newport Docks (Sims Group), conveying another rake of former GWR HST coaches for scrap. I had arrived at this location in what I thought was plenty of time, but before getting out of the car I checked where the train was, and was astonished to find it had passed Uffington. A quick sprint across the A420 and into the field allowed me to get this shot with just a minute to spare. As I had not visited this location since the line was electrified I was relieved to find there was still a view, of sorts. The train was running 31 minutes early, and would shortly be going off route, via Gloucester, to avoid the chaos caused by a couple of trains hitting some cows near Wootton Bassett.