66080 Fiddington 17 September 2024

66080 passes Fiddington on 17 September 2024 with the 6V51 12:39 Burton upon Trent West Yard to Cardiff Tidal steel empties. Around this time I should have been photographing 37425 with the 1Z58 11:43 Derby RTC to Canton Taff Vale Sidings Network Rail test train, but that only got as far as Washwood Heath. Loss of power on the rear loco (37421) saw it return to Derby after a long delay. So with a perfect sunny afternoon, I was reduced to photographing this nondescript Class 66 hauling a rake of heavily vandalised wagons.