43137 Shrivenham (Ashbury Crossing) 9 June 1987

Coal fired power stations and HSTs - two things that have disappeared from the Vale of White Horse since this picture was taken on 9 June 1987. 43137 approaches the site of Ashbury Crossing, near Shrivenham, in the last of the evening light with the 1C74 19:30 Paddington to Weston-super-Mare service. I have deliberately gone for an unusual framing, in order to include the huge clouds of steam rising from Didcot Power Station in the background.