70000, return leg of The Royal Charter, 18.13 Windsor & Eton Riverside-Crewe (1Z70, 3L), Roade Hill
In the half-light of a summer's evening 70000 'Britannia' returns
north along the WCML leading the 1Z70 Royal Charter. The train had left Windsor and Eton Riverside at 18.13 returning to Crewe. The setting sun was tantalisingly close to illuminating this view between the villages of Roade and Ashton with a stubborn veil of cloud obscuring it!