Image 221109 & 221108, VT 18.30 Birmingham New Street-London Euston (1D80, 26L), Banbury Lane bridge
221109 & 221108, VT 18.30 Birmingham New Street-London Euston (1D80, 26L), Banbury Lane bridge
221109 & 221108, VT 18.30 Birmingham New Street-London Euston (1D80, 26L), Banbury Lane bridge After a belting hot day (the warmest August day since 2003) the cloud has really built and all but obliterated the sun which is a good thing here on Banbury Lane bridge as this view would be strongly backlit had it been out. 221109 and 221108 head south working the 18.30 Birmingham to Euston service. In the middle distance level with the third coach there was a level crossing and, until September 1988, a lovely and somewhat remote LNWR signal box. After the closure of the box, the crossing was converted to an automated CCTV version monitored by Rugby PSB, that survived for a few years to be replaced by the larger bridge on which I am standing with an associated road diversion that opened in 2004. Keywords: 221109 221108 VT 18.30 Birmingham New Street-London Euston 1D80 Banbury Lane bridge Avanti West Coast Voyager
221109 & 221108, VT 18.30 Birmingham New Street-London Euston (1D80, 26L), Banbury Lane bridge After a belting hot day (the warmest August day since 2003) the cloud has really built and all but obliterated the sun which is a good thing here on Banbury Lane bridge as this view would be strongly backlit had it been out. 221109 and 221108 head south working the 18.30 Birmingham to Euston service. In the middle distance level with the third coach there was a level crossing and, until September 1988, a lovely and somewhat remote LNWR signal box. After the closure of the box, the crossing was converted to an automated CCTV version monitored by Rugby PSB, that survived for a few years to be replaced by the larger bridge on which I am standing with an associated road diversion that opened in 2004. Keywords: 221109 221108 VT 18.30 Birmingham New Street-London Euston 1D80 Banbury Lane bridge Avanti West Coast Voyager


After a belting hot day (the warmest August day since

2003) the cloud has really built and all but obliterated the sun which is a good thing here on Banbury Lane bridge as this view would be strongly backlit had it been out. 221109 and 221108 head south working the 18.30 Birmingham to Euston service. In the middle distance level with the third coach there was a level crossing and, until September 1988, a lovely and somewhat remote LNWR signal box. After the closure of the box, the crossing was converted to an automated CCTV version monitored by Rugby PSB, that survived for a few years to be replaced by the larger bridge on which I am standing with an associated road diversion that opened in 2004.