47580 County of Essex passes Steeple Aston on 27 November 2010 with the Retro Railtours 1Z32 06:32 Leeds to Oxford 'Retro Oxford Christmas Extravaganza' railtour. I have been been waiting to use this location for some time. The ideal conditions would be no sun (too much shade) and preferably autumn. Definitely the right combination here, as not only is there some good autumn colour left on the trees, but there was no chance at all of any sunshine, in fact the lighting was atrocious! Despite the awful conditions, the 47 makes a fine picture with its full rake of blue and grey stock. It sounded impressive as well, bringing back memories of the good old days.