37218 Little Haresfield 18 April 2017

Tractor, van and rookery! 37218 passes Little Haresfield on 18 April 2017 with the very late running 6V73 04:33 Crewe Coal Sidings to Berkeley, conveying just a single PFA low level nuclear waste container flat. Although I was expecting this (having checked Realtime Trains), I was not expecting it to be a single loco. I had photographed the train at Ashchurch, and certainly did not expect to get a second picture here. However, 37716 was removed at Gloucester, as it was deemed too heavy for the Sharpness branch. This delayed the already late running train, making it 142 minutes late here! Photo taken from a public footpath crossing. The Network Rail lookout is warning track workers at Standish Junction of approaching trains.