In the same way that Westerns could often be seen in north London having worked away from their more normal haunts, Class 59s do the same sort of thing. Having worked up overnight as the middle locomotive in the jumbo stone train from Merehead 59205 is seen waiting in Wembley Yard. Within the hour it will work back to the Somerset quarry with the empties as the 7C77 12.19 ex Wembley. Running as a Class 7, even when empty, creates issues for signallers throughout its journey with the train running at a maximum of forty-five miles per hour. The double-track Berks. and Hants. route between Reading and Westbury creates particular issues for such a train with it having to be looped in order to keep GWR trains running to time.
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