66618 'Railways Illustrated Annual Photographic Awards Alan Barnes' leads the 6M39 00.49 Moreton-on-Lugg to Elstow (Redland Sidings) gravel train past Harrowden Junction on a chilly but bright October morning. This train takes a surprisingly circuitous route from Herefordshire to Bedfordshire via Shrewsbury, Crewe, Stafford, Tamworth, Leicester and Corby. Incidentally, a study of a map reveals that its departure and arrival points are almost on the same line of latitude making this route even more incongruous!
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