DR73924 Wolvercote 30 May 2021

Colas Rail Plasser & Theurer 08-16/4X4C100-RT Tamper DR73924 passes Wolvercote on 30 May 2021, running as the 13:54 Westerleigh to Honeybourne Staff Hut. I only just got this, as it was running 25 minute early. As I walked up to the bridge, I expected to see it stop at the signal in the background, in order to allow the 1P63 15:55 Moreton-in-Marsh to Paddington GWR Class 800 to come off the Cotswold Line. Instead, it just carried on, with the inevitable result that the passenger train was delayed at Charlbury! This bizarre signalling move had no benefit, as it just had to sit at Ascott-under-Wychwood for much longer than originally booked.