Fellow photographer Martin Loader (of Honda Wanderer fame) recently commented on the number of GWR IETs running around with their nose dorrs open, see...
http://www.hondawanderer.com/800318_Little_Bedwyn_2024.htm Today all but one of those Andy and I observed also had their doors open doing nothing for aerodynamics and the protection of the mechanism inside. 800028 'Sir Peter Parker' and 'Oliver Lovell' will soon depart Worcester Shrub Hill for London with the 13.16 to Paddington, again, with its nose exposed. Meanwhile, 172221 has just arrived with the 12.03 from Dorridge. Within a few minutes, it will leave in the opposite direction but head off to the west to terminate at Foregate Street.