66543 Moreton-in-Marsh (Dunstall Bridge) 2 May 2018

66543 approaches Moreton-in-Marsh on 2 May 2018 with the 6X04 14:00 Fairwater Yard to Honeybourne North Junction, conveying seventeen IFA wagons loaded with sleepers and several track machines, with 66536 bringing up the rear. This was the second of two trains running during this week in connection with track relaying on the Long Marston branch. As this was just 45 minutes before sunset, there were very few locations on the Cotswold Line that would be free of shadows, and indeed I had to change to a longer lens as shadows from trees one field away from the line were already beginning to intrude. This is also an ideal location to photograph a lengthy train such as this, and therefore I was surprised that no other photographers turned up.