68012 glints in the early morning light on 20 April 2016, as it passes Oddington with the 5T12 06:02 Wembley to Oxford Parkway Chiltern Railways ECS. It would return 40 minutes later, pushing the 1Y12 07:24 Oxford Parkway to Marylebone service. This was almost like the good old days of photographing Class 37s on the Weymouth route, or 50s on the West of England Line, as the 'Big Cat' could easily be heard several miles away in the still morning air. |