The 02.19 Peak Forest to Bletchley aggregates train passes the

site of Roade station just as the autumnal sun begins to break through the early morning cloud and mist. The scene is dominated by one of Roade's now redundant water towers and the huge Pianoforté site that is in the last stages of clearance before being turned into a huge new housing development. The contractors took some eighteen months to clear the site due to them encountering much more contaminated ground than was anticipated; this required extra specialist work to make it safe before homes and gardens could be put on top of it.