The night phot of the VSOE at Didcot on Saturday has given me the bug to take more time exposures so I got browsing to see what was about and I stumbled across the loco hauled workings on the Chiltern line and in particular the 1H08 Banbury – London Marybelone. The empty stock is booked to arrive in Platform 2 from Wembley before crossing over to the North of the station and then running back into Platform 3 ready depart South giving me ample time to get some shots.

As the train is booked to depart at 06:53 it meant an early 05:15 wake up call to ensure I was there in time and it will probably catch up with me later in the day! I arrived shortly before the stocks booked arrival time of 06:30 and walked onto the platform to see the DVT gliding in on a rather lengthy 7 car set although a bit of a mish mash of liveries with Blue & Grey and ex Virgin stock. The ECS waited for a southbound Chiltern unit to pass before crossing over and running back into the station. I was quite pleased with the celebrity livery on the train as 67018 ‘Keith Heller’ in DBS red was the power for todays working and my first photo of this loco.