43367 Eckington 24 August 2019

The railway highlight of the 2019 August Bank Holiday weekend was the use of a pair of LNER HSTs on CrossCountry trains to the West Country on Saturday 24 August. The second south bound train encountered some late running, culminating in it reaching Plymouth over an hour late. Consequently the returning 1E63 15:25 Plymouth to York was also late, leaving the Devon city 32 minutes behind time. This had become 46 minutes late by the time it passed me. 43367 Deltic 50 1955-2005 is picture passing the southern end of Eckington loop in superb evening light.