DCR Rail Aggregates_6M89_Rugeley Trent Valley, Staffordshire, UK_030623_01
On hire to DCR Rail, here we see Colas locomotive 56078 working the 09:01 from Middleton Towers to Ravenhead Sidings (6M89). The original loco (56091 owned by DCR) suffered technical issues the previous day in Derby, thus the hire-in.
The train was photographed passing through Rugeley Trent Valley running +2.5hrs early due to the national strike by Aslef drivers. This resulted in fewer passenger trains running on the network, which meant freight trains were left to run unimpeded.
For info, Rugeley was not in the intended shot, but due to the excessive early running, this was the only place that could be reached in time where a reasonably decent shot could be achieved given the position of the sun at 13:00 - had the train been on-time, the sun would have been on the nose of the loco rather than being side on :-(
DCR Rail Aggregates_6M89_Rugeley Trent Valley, Staffordshire, UK_030623_01
On hire to DCR Rail, here we see Colas locomotive 56078 working the 09:01 from Middleton Towers to Ravenhead Sidings (6M89). The original loco (56091 owned by DCR) suffered technical issues the previous day in Derby, thus the hire-in.
The train was photographed passing through Rugeley Trent Valley running +2.5hrs early due to the national strike by Aslef drivers. This resulted in fewer passenger trains running on the network, which meant freight trains were left to run unimpeded.
For info, Rugeley was not in the intended shot, but due to the excessive early running, this was the only place that could be reached in time where a reasonably decent shot could be achieved given the position of the sun at 13:00 - had the train been on-time, the sun would have been on the nose of the loco rather than being side on :-(