AUG 74 27. A Class 52 approaching Gant's Mill Crossing west of Bruton, August 16 1974
Few trains stopped at Bruton and I reckon that I must have arrived on the one that called at 13:33. The timetable shows that four Up expresses passed while I was around this spot, but I recorded only one of them, so I suppose the others must have been hauled by diesel-electrics and hence unworthy of notice. It is such a marvellous viewpoint that I must have resolved to remain until a proper loco came by; by which time the sun was not in an ideal position.
In the distance where the track disappears is the point where the Somerset & Dorset crossed the West of England main line.
Low-down electrification flashes (I think) suggest a Swindon machine 1000-1024, while the allocation sticker behind the cab door suggests 1005, 1009, 1016 or 1024.
AUG 74 27. A Class 52 approaching Gant's Mill Crossing west of Bruton, August 16 1974
Few trains stopped at Bruton and I reckon that I must have arrived on the one that called at 13:33. The timetable shows that four Up expresses passed while I was around this spot, but I recorded only one of them, so I suppose the others must have been hauled by diesel-electrics and hence unworthy of notice. It is such a marvellous viewpoint that I must have resolved to remain until a proper loco came by; by which time the sun was not in an ideal position.
In the distance where the track disappears is the point where the Somerset & Dorset crossed the West of England main line.
Low-down electrification flashes (I think) suggest a Swindon machine 1000-1024, while the allocation sticker behind the cab door suggests 1005, 1009, 1016 or 1024.