What's the point of the hugely expensive and incredibly ugly Great Western Mainline electfrication, if half the trains don't use it? During just over an hour at the lineside at Baulking on 28 March 2019, nearly 50% of the trains (in both directions) were running on diesel power. One such is illustrated here. 802009 & 802011 Capt. Robert Falcon Scott make no use of the wires, as they head west with the 1C15 13:00 Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads GWR service. |