77. 5Q50 unit drag-29.06.20

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In a change from normal, the Kilmarnock to Ilford GA unit drag was running a lot later passing Roade in the evening. I checked RTT after dinner to find it already approaching Rugby and that control had routed it via the Weedon line thus avoiding Northampton. I left the washing up grabbed my camera and dashed across the fields on what was a particularly dull and windy evening. I chose a spot that would have been useless if the sun had been out but one that was good for a train, to use the eponym, 'on the up fast'!
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37800 & 317339, 13.12 Kilmarnock Bonnyton-Ilford EMUD (layover at Wembley) (5Q50,), Roade Hill 
 On a very dull and unseasonally windy June evening, 37800 'Cassiopeia' in its Europhoenix livery drags Greater Anglia's 315339 between Roade and Ashton in south Northamptonshire. The 13.12 Kilmarnock to Ilford 5Q50 move is returning the EMU to its Essex base after attention in Scotland - one of a number of such moves that have taken place over the spring and summer of 2020 throughout the COVID-19 pandemic period. This particular view is one that is normally a morning position as it faces north-west but on such an overcast evening the setting sun is not an issue! 
 Keywords: 37800 317339 13.12 Kilmarnock Bonnyton-Ilford EMUD layover at Wembley 5Q50 Roade Hill GA Greater Anglia ROG Rail Operations Group Cassiopeia Europhoenix

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