47773 Shrivenham 3 October 2015

47773 (D1755) passes the site of Shrivenham station on 3 October 2015 with the Vintage Trains 1Z95 07:24 Tyseley to Oxford 'Cotswold Explorer' railtour. This was originally supposed to have been hauled by GWR Castle Class 4-6-0 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, but that was unavailable, and so Hall Class 4-6-0 4965 Rood Ashton Hall was substituted. However, that failed its fitness to run exam on the evening before the tour, and so 47773 was the last minute substitution. In my book a two tone green 47 is a more than adequate substitute! Note the workman by the new bridge footings in the foreground engaged in the modern equivalent of leaning on a shovel - chatting on a mobile!