This 4M07 10.03 Tilbury to Daventry was absolutely flying as it passed me heading north through Roade cutting! Freights normally trundle their way along the WCML at a relatively sedate pace with the locomotives working hard hauling their payloads. However, observation of this photograph reveals that today's 4M07 is extremely short with just ten boxes being hauled making for a particularly light load. With the driver eager to take advantage and get an early cup of tea on arrival at DIRFT the train's approach caught me off guard and found me having to ramp up the shutter speed at the last second to avoid motion blur!
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