66430, 12.03 DIRFT-Purfleet (4L98), & Class 390, VT 12.37 London Euston-Manchester Piccadilly (1H67), Roade cuttinge
Stobart is more associated with their big green lorries rather
than with rail. However, since 2006 they have been cutting a furrow on the national network by conveying containers for Tesco with DRS providing the service. One of their regular flows is the 4L98 12.03 (or time thereabouts) from Daventry (DIRFT) to the Purfleet deepwater terminal on the Thames Estuary. It is seen passing through Roade cutting with 66430 leading at the front whilst a Virgin Class 390 speeds north working the 12.37 Euston to Manchester Piccadilly.