Due to the reduction in normal traffic as a result
of union action paths became available for freight that avoided the normal time-consuming diversion through Northampton. 66172 leads the 11.36 Ditton Fondary to Dollands Moor service through Roade taken from the village's Hyde Road bridge. The freight is just passing one of the Avanti services that managers were able to run, the 15.13 Euston to Preston train worked by 390001.