43239 Teignmouth 23rd August 2023
The full extent of the 2+7 formation can be seen as 43239 emerges from Parsons Tunnel on a glorious afternoon with the 1V50 06.06 Edinburgh - Plymouth with 43303 on the rear. I've been using some new locations recently but you can't beat this classic location a sunny summer day with people on the beach. I never tire of it. Not quite the busy XC HST day I was expecting as 43378 failed overnight at Neville Hill and so the 1V44 from Leeds and then also the 1S51 12.27 Plymouth - Glasgow was a 4-car voyager. What a treat. While I was desperately hoping nobody with a fat arse, bad shorts or anal photobombers would walk in front of me, my good mate Paul Barlow phoned me from a hundred yards further down the wall as he had his drone camera up in the air. Luckily my positioning was good as an IET was bearing down on me from behind. Another three seconds and it would have spoiled the clarity of the scene.
43239 Teignmouth 23rd August 2023
The full extent of the 2+7 formation can be seen as 43239 emerges from Parsons Tunnel on a glorious afternoon with the 1V50 06.06 Edinburgh - Plymouth with 43303 on the rear. I've been using some new locations recently but you can't beat this classic location a sunny summer day with people on the beach. I never tire of it. Not quite the busy XC HST day I was expecting as 43378 failed overnight at Neville Hill and so the 1V44 from Leeds and then also the 1S51 12.27 Plymouth - Glasgow was a 4-car voyager. What a treat. While I was desperately hoping nobody with a fat arse, bad shorts or anal photobombers would walk in front of me, my good mate Paul Barlow phoned me from a hundred yards further down the wall as he had his drone camera up in the air. Luckily my positioning was good as an IET was bearing down on me from behind. Another three seconds and it would have spoiled the clarity of the scene.