L410 Honeybourne 22 June 1985

The guard already has his door open as L410 arrives at Honeybourne on 22 June 1985 with the 2A62 09:01 Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill service. Normally this unit would comprise vehicles 51345, 59497 & 51387, but quite clearly the centre car has been replaced by a Class 101 trailer. These substitutions were usually only very temporary, often lasting no more than a couple of weeks, until the defective coach could be repaired. This was clearly the case here, as I have been unable to find any other pictures of L410 running in this condition.