60074 Luke passes Little Haresfield on 19 September 2020 with the 6B13 04:19 Robeston to Westerleigh oil tanks. There wasn't much consideration given to saving fuel here, as the train had just been let out of Haresfield loop (just behind the bridge in the background), only to come to a stand a short distance further on, with the wagons still next to where I was stood. This was so that a GWR IET could come off the Swindon line at Standish Junction. In view of the enormous amount of power needed to get this massive train moving, you would have thought the sensible signalling procedure would be to hold it in the loop for just a couple of minutes longer. |