56031 Denchworth (Circourt Bridge) 25 April 1986

56031 Merehead approaches Circourt Bridge, Denchworth on 25 April 1986 with the 6V11 10:03 Wolverton to Stoke Gifford ARC stone empties. This location changed out of all recognition in the following two decades, as this view of 60074 in 2009 proves. Virtually everything has changed including the signaling and the bridge in the background, to say nothing of the huge increase in vegetation (thankfully only on the north side of the line) and the reinstatement of the relief lines. Unfortunately the Class 56s & PGA stone wagons are also no more!