43050, EM 17.45 Nottingham-London St. Pancras (1B69, 4E), Irchester SP927667
With a dramatic sky after a run of beautiful spring
days heralding a change in the weather at Irchester near Wellingborough on the MML. The 17.45 Nottingham to St. Pancras HST service is led by power car 43050. This power car was part of a number of extra ones introduced on to the Western Region in the summer of 1977 as part of set 253025. Notice the encampment at the top of the field in the background. This is associated with the extensive and somewhat disruptive works replacing the old A45 bridge in the distance. The original bridge that carried the westbound carriageways was the one being replaced it having been demolished a few weeks earlier forcing all traffic onto the eastbound bridge.