I have very few photographs of 66104 and this is

my first with it wearing its smart and recently applied DB red livery. Whilst the bodywork looks smart the mechanics did not appear to be in such good fettle with a heavy exhaust cloud following the locomotive as it led the 6G55 09.48 Hanslope Junction (two miles south from this location) to Bescot Yard. The train was composed of a shortish rake of MDA low sided box wagons conveying used ballast from the fast lines somewhere between Hanslope and Wolverton back to Bescot for cleaning and recycling. Out of sight at the rear of the train were a number of track machines.