66748 'West Burton 50' trundles down from Sharnbrook summit on the down slow line at Irchester. The GBRf Class 66 is leading the 11.00 Acton to Bardon Hill empty stone train. Despite the up and down slow lines being re-laid last year, already there are extensive weeds growing between the rails at a point where the locomotive is in this photograph. Also in this image is the recently installed electrification hardware. Now hopelessly behind schedule, it has just been announced that this will not go live until, at the earliest, March 2021!
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