Just a brief update today, I had recieved gen that a couple of charter trains were being run on behalf of the Rugy fans enroute to the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley where Warrington would be playing Huddersfield. The first of these workings was routed via Oxford and the GWML to Euston which was my target while the second one took the Chiltern line direct to Wembley.
A nice bright sunny start to the day made it an easy choice to head over to Oxford to bag a shot of the charter. While waiting 66575 appeared on the 4O14 Birch Coppice – Southampton just a few minutes infront of 67008 running bang on time with 1Z69 Warrington Bank Quay – Euston.
As a rail enthusiast all my favourite locations especially in the Vale of White Horse area are going to be destroyed with the overhead catenary and wires, a sad day when it happens! Hence, this means I need to take every opportunity I get now, like today’s excursion to phot 66604 ambling 6Z60 through the Vale at one of my favourite locations, Shrivenham. 