I had been planning to get out and photograph the

up ECS service for The Emerald Isle Express charter later in the day figuring that there would just be enough light if it passed on-time. When I checked its progress on RTT at 05.00 it was running twenty minutes early meaning that there would not be enough light so I gave up any idea of getting a photograph. However, a little later I spotted that it was being held at Rugby thus enabling me to grab my camera and walk across the fields close to home and position myself in one of my favoured spots. DVT 82139 leads the 03.35 Crewe HS to Euston ECS between Roade and Ashton.