L425 (51363, 59510 & 51405) passes Hailes on 27 October 2024 with the 2C25 11:30 Toddington to Cheltenham Racecourse service. This was the unit's last day of operations on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, which explains the 'Farewell L425' headboard. The owners, Cotswold Diesel Railcar Ltd, had sold the unit to the Scottish Railway Preservation Society, and it would shortly be leaving the Cotswolds for its new home at Bo'ness, on the banks of the Firth of Forth. |