C820 Brimscombe 21 August 1985

Spot the train! This ultimate train in the landscape picture shows C820 (51500, 59093 & 51512) heading up the Stroud Valley at Brimscombe on 21 August 1985 with the 2A72 15:30 Cheltenham Spa to Swindon service. The large industrial buildings in the foreground are on the site of the former Phoenix Iron Works, and the houses on the left are part of Far Thrupp. Brimscombe is in the middle distance, with the Brimscombe & Thrupp football club's ground in the centre of the picture. Obviously there is no way that the DMU could be identified from this distance, but as I had seen it earlier in the day, a quick check of its diagrams in the working timetable has established its identity.