Further work continues in Roade cutting as preparations for the
new bridge that will be constructed to carry Roade's much-needed bypass across the railway. I spoke with the two Network Rail employees and they told me that the solar panels are providing electrical power to the movement monitors that have been installed where the bridge will be constructed amid constant concerns about the stability of the cutting walls and slopes. I also quizzed them about the design of the bridge with no published detail yet available. They said that they had seen the plans and that it will be a stained naturally resisting steel structure rather than one of the more favoured green monstrosities that seem all too common. 350410 leads another unit through the cutting working the 1Y20 12.25 Northampton to Euston service.