A highly appropriate location for a picture of 59202 Vale of White Horse. It is seen here passing Uffington with the 6B33 12:12 Theale to Margam Murco oil empties on 18 September 2010. Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric hill carving on the downs above the village, which of course gives the vale (and this locomotive) its name. This is just about the closest point on the railway to the monument. A Class 59 on this working is certainly a novelty, and in this case was caused by the failure of 60084. Ironically, as is often the case on a Saturday, this reduced load would actually be within the modest haulage capabilities of a Class 66!