56045 passes Hungerford Common on 3 September 1984 with the 6B24 10:05 Acton to Merehead Quarry Foster Yeoman empty stone hoppers. The writing was on the wall for Class 56s on these workings, as Foster Yeoman would sign the contract for the construction of the first four Class 59s a couple of months after this picture was taken, with the locos arriving in early 1986.