Despite being a bitter morning with a spine chilling wind

blowing from the east quite a number of enthusiasts had gathered at Wilson's Crossing just north of Northampton to witness new Abellio units 720546 and 720564 out to play on a mileage accumulation run. In this livery, they certainly brighten up the dull mid-winter scenery with Kingsthorpe in the background. On a rolling programme, all the units undertake a series of out and back test runs from Wolverton to Rugby via a reversal at Stafford, in this case running as 5Q27.