What a difference a quarter of an hour makes! From the time of taking the previous photograph, the light has been transformed with some blue sky allowing the sun to break through. Unfortunately, it is somewhat side-on for this location producing the ultimate in 'glint shots'! Producing a dramatic exhaust Black 5 44871 accelerates away from a signal check near Wolverton leading The Chesireman charter running as 1Z72. Steam charters on the very busy southern WCML are not particularly common so I always make the effort to get out and capture it. Notice the Pendolino speeding south passing the scene.
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