40101 takes the up slow line past Essendine working an unidentified up parcels train. The Class 40 motherlist site that contains a huge amount of information about the workings of this class have no information on what 40101 was working so if anybody has any information as what this train could have been please get in contact with me. It is so niticeable to see how 'open' the the scene is at Essendene, and the rest of the ECML for that matter with in these pre-electrification days! By way of a comparison, please see......
https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/26500879204/x43311-0 that shows the scene nealy forty years later.