I am not a particular fan of going-away photographs but when it is actually better than the approaching version it firmly makes the cut! 6000 'King George V' thunders past Woofferton leading the outward leg of The Welsh Marches Express that it had led from Shrewsbury. On arrival at Herford, some nineteen miles south of this spot, the King would come off in favour of former GWR 4-6-0 'Hagley Hall'. As well as the train, this image is full of interest. In the very background Woofferton's superb London and North Western & Great Western Joint type 1 1875 signal box. Also, note the enthusiasts on the track, as I was, and an abandoned hi-viz jacket next to a microphone on an adapted tripod no doubt picking up the sounds and committing it to cassette tape.
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