56006 Hungerford 9 June 2002

56006 passes through Hungerford station in the rain on 9 June 2002 with the Hertfordshire Railtours 1Z56 10:03 Paddington to Yeovil Junction 'Desert Mule' railtour. Nowadays with the luxury of a ten frames per second camera there would be no excuse for not positioning the loco between the lamp posts, but at the time, with just once chance to get it right, I clearly messed it up here! Locos usually have the full TOPS number on the front today, but it's a bit more minimalist here. Note the very small number 6 just above the horn grille.