43003 Isambard Kingdom Brunel approaches Circourt Bridge, Denchworth, on 10 October 2016 with the 1A11 09:30 Bristol Temple Meads to Paddington GWR service. It is of course entirely fitting that one of the HST fleet should be named after the Great Western Railway's original engineer, but what the great man would have made of the desecration of his superbly engineered route by the hideous electrification scheme, is open to question! |