47069 creeps round Bradford North Junction's rarely used spur as it comes to a halt for the exchange of the single-line token that the train will have collected at Thingley Junction just west of Chippenham. The 47 is hauling the very late running Pines Express that was taking in some rare West Country track. However, things had already started to go very wrong, this was the fourth locomotive that had hauled the train and this was not by design! Also, none of the locomotives had any heating capability so the passengers would have to be cuddling up to keep warm!
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