43172 Harry Patch - The last survivor of the trenches runs through Sonning cutting on 16 August 2016 with the 1L48 09:28 Swansea to Paddington GWR service. The bridge in the background carries the A4 Reading to Maidenhead road over the railway. The Great Western Railway's graceful original brick bridge hides a modern concrete one, each now carrying one carriageway. |