56055 approaches Circourt Bridge, Denchworth, on 9 December 1986 with the 6V11 10:03 Wolverton to Stoke Gifford ARC stone empties. Three decades later there is nothing in this view that hasn't changed. Class 56s on four wheel hoppers have of course long gone, but so too has the brick bridge in the background (replaced in 1992), the PW hut, and even the view of the fields in the background, which have now been obscured by trees. In addition, the line has now reverted to four tracks, and worst of all, has been disfigured by the catenary of the fantastically mismanaged project to electrify the Great Western Mainline. |