For the final couple of weeks of the 2017 Rail Head Treatment Train season, the Gloucester to Worcester circuit received some heritage traction, with Class 56s replacing 66s. On a miserably dull 4 December 2017, 56302 Peco The Railway Modeller 2016 70 Years passes Churchdown with the 3S31 13:14 Gloucester Horton Road to Worcester Shrub, with 56094 brining up the rear.