In a welcome burst of sunshine that did little to take the chill off the extremely cold north-easterly wind Great Western's 802104 drifts into Bath Spa with the 14.02 Paddington to Bristol express. Due to the truncated GWML electrification programme, this unit will have run with its pantograph raised until a few miles before Chippenham when it would be lowered and the diesel engines would have seamlessly taken over.
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