Having departed from its home base at Wolverton Works the

Royal Train passes through Roade on the down fast line led by 67006 'Royal Sovereign'. The recently repainted 67007 was bringing up the rear of the train that was travelling empty, apart from an entourage of staff, to Scotland to collect the Royal Family and take them south, via a nighttime layover in Whitemore Yard (nice!) to King's Lyn for Sandringham.