A very rare burst of sunshine unusually coincided with the

passage of the 6Y75 17.00 Cricklewood to Toton North ballast working composed of a mixture of MLA and MJA wagons. Usually, the locomotive would just be in the shade with the trees in the background in full sun but today things came together! 66951 leads the train gingerly down Sharnbrook bank at Irchester on the down slow line under wiring that is still awaiting to be energised except for testing purposes. Notice the rust stains underneath the driver's window on the Class 66. This appears to be a common problem on a number of members of the class with the only probable rectification being the removal of the screen and seal with proper repairs then made to the seam that will be the one giving trouble.