56087 Uffington 29 November 2014

Superb late afternoon light at Uffington on 29 November 2014, with the bonus of a fine display of golden autumn leaves on the oak tree in the background. 56087 heads westwards with the 6V62 11:00 Tilbury Riverside to Llanwern steel empties. This was running ten minutes early, which was just as well, as the sun was getting very weak at the booked time. This train has been dominated by Colas's newly refurbished Class 60s, since numerically similar 60087 took over from the former 56/66 haulage in the summer. However, the failure of 60021 on the previous Wednesday resulted in a return, at least temporarily, to the old order.