Still accelerating away from the station stop at Stroud, 800001 passes Bowbridge on 22 February 2023 with the 1L74 11:59 Cheltenham Spa to Paddington GWR service. I hadn't travelled over 30 miles just to photograph a Class 800 in poor light, but my target was the 1Z22 07:48 Derby RTC to Bristol Kingsland Road Network Rail test train, that should have followed this. Unfortunately that turned into the 1Z20 12:30 Cheltenham Spa to Bristol Kingsland Road, and carried straight on at Standish Junction, leaving me with no time to move position! |