43015 Denchworth (Circourt Bridge) 7 June 1980

A very brief and unexpected burst of sunshine on 7 June 1980 provides dramatic lighting for 43015 as it speeds eastwards at Circourt Bridge, Denchworth with the 09:45 Weston-super-Mare to Paddington service. This wider than usual view of what is now a well known viewpoint shows that in the 1980s there were trees on both sides of the line. These had grown up around small ponds, which were themselves remnants of quarries used to provide material for the bridge embankment, when it replaced the former level crossing.