69009, 701503 & 701504 Thrupp 18 March 2025

69009 Western Consort negotiates the reverse curves at Thrupp on 18 March 2025, as it climbs Sapperton Bank with the 5Q89 12:34 Long Marston to Eastleigh East Yard, taking South Western Railway EMUs 701503 & 701504 back home after their three months in storage. Although there were many locations that I could have chosen for this working, the perfect sun angle and impressive background of this spot was hard to beat.