31466 Whitecroft 26 September 2009

31466 passes Whitecroft Stores and Post Office with the 13:51 Parkend to Lydney service on 26 September 2009 during the Dean Forest Railway's Diesel Gala. The 10mph speed restriction approaching the manually operated level crossing gates by the Post Office proved to be really irritating when the sun was about to disappear into a cloud! Luckily the train just made it into a photographable position in the very nick of time. Just look at the shadows creeping up in the background,