86259, outward leg of The Cumbrian Mountain Express, 07.10 London Euston-Carlisle (1Z86), site of Roade station
It's a good job that I did not decide to
go and see the 1Z86 Cumbrian Mountain Express somewhere on the Weedon Loop on this morning as I would have been waiting a long time! For some reason it has been pathed on the down slow and will go via Northampton. 86259 'Les Ross/Peter Pan' leads the regular special past the site of Roade station. The re-routing of the train did not cause any long term issues as it still arrived within a minute of its booked time at Farington Junction.