34. 0Z68-22.05.22

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Following railtour duties yesterday I took my daily walk at lunchtime to coincide with the passage of the returning light engine. I opted for a local spot but this time decided to utilise my 80-200 zoom attached to my Canon 5D nearly breaking my shoulder in the process! Taking this camera/lens combination reminds me why I use this less than the G1X despite the latter's lens limitations.
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390009, VT 13.03 London Euston-Liverpool Lime Street (1F15, 1L), Roade Hill 
 390009 works the 13.03 Euston to Liverpool Lime Street Avanti service past a field of buttercups (Ranunculus acris) between Roade and Ashton on a late spring day. The fields in the background are those that I walk regularly as I live in a house fronting one of them just out of sight to the left. 
 Keywords: 390009 13.03 London Euston-Liverpool Lime Street 1F15 Roade Hill Avanti West Coast Pendolino
86259, 12.39 Acton Lane Reception Sidings-Rugby CS (0Z68, 7E), Roade Hill 
 Following yet another successful Cumbrian Mountain Express the previous day (see..... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/30027054862/x86259-cumbrian-mountain-express) 86259 'Les Ross (on this side)/Peter Pan' runs light engine on the down fast line between Roade and Ashton in south Northamptonshire. It was returning from Acton Lane in west London where the coaching stock is kept and maintained to Rugby carriage sidings. This side-on view shows the extra set of suspension springs fitted to the AL6s soon after their introduction in the 1960s to counteract poor riding characteristics. 
 Keywords: 86259 12.39 Acton Lane Reception Sidings-Rugby Carriage sidings 0Z68 Roade Hill AL6 AC Eelctric

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