59204 Vale of Glamorgan passes Crofton on the Berks & Hants line with the 7A09 06:56 Merehead to Acton Mendip Rail "jumbo" stone train on 21 November 2006. The last of the autumn leaves on the trees and the hawthorn berries show up well in the early morning light. Unfortunately the Class 59/2s now looking similar to their inferior Class 66 cousins since being repainted into EWS livery, although of course no way could a Class 66 handle a train of this length and weight, half of which is still around the corner behind the bushes. |