88003 & 68034 Hinksey 13 April 2019

Only the second Class 88 to visit the Oxford area, and the first on a passenger train. 88003 Genesis & 68034 pass Hinksey Yard on 13 April 2019 with the Pathfinder Tours 1Z60 04:45 Tame Bridge Parkway to Penzance 'Springtime Cornishman' railtour. As this train passed Oxford shortly after sunrise, I realised that there would be very few places that would not still be in shade, and because of the angle of the line, even fewer where the sun would be on the front. I guessed that this spot would be about the only reasonably lit location, and whilst the whole train was never going to be lit, at least the front loco is in the sun. Once past Didcot, this train would be impossibly backlit, until it got to the Bristol area. Obviously 88003 is using its small 940hp diesel engine here.