66760 'David Gordon Harris' leads the 4M47 12.18 London Gateway to Hams Hall Freightliner service. The recent bitter winter weather and strong easterly wind made the activity of standing around and waiting for a train not particularly pleasurable at an exposed spot like this one at Victoria bridge just south of Roade. It also took its toll on the efficiency of the camera's batteries with them struggling to hold charge unless I removed them and put them in my pocket!
Coincidentally, I photographed the same Class 66 at this location on a very different type of day back in the last spring. Like then, just as now, we were still under strict COVID restrictions with me out on my local and permitted bout of exercise, see.....
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