Looking very smart in its DC Rail Freight livery 60029

'Ben Nevis' passes the site of Roade station as the 0X45 07.07 Chaddesden Sidings (Derby) to Wembley Reception sidings light engine. Class 60s are not common on the WCML so are always worth the extra effort, despite the unpleasant weather, especially as this particular example is a photographic cop! The purpose of this move was to get the Class 60 to the North London area in order to work HS2 infrastructure trains. Notice in the background evidence of recent embankment clearance that took place over a ten-day possession of the fast line at the start of the year.