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Heart of Wessex 6th June 2009 Click an image to enlarge |
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The 0600 Portsmouth - Cardiff Central enters a very wet Trowbridge worked by 158957 |
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158798 working the 0730 Cardiff - Portsmouth passes the 0600 Portsmouth - Cardiff at Bath Spa |
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In torrential rain, the 0700 from London Paddington led by 43098 slows to stop at Bath Spa |
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In far from summer conditions, 67016 leads 5O72 Barton Hill - Bristol Temple Meads ECS for the 0909 to Weymouth |
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In much dryer conditions, during a scheduled wait, 67016 is seen at Westbury |
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A Plymouth - Paddington service is seen departing Westbury |
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The only DBS livery 59/2, 59206 is seen in Westbury up yard |
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Underneath the glass roof at Weymouth, 67017 is seen having terminated with the 0909 Bristol TM - Weymouth |
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444032 is seen at Weymouth, waiting to form the 1203 to London Waterloo |
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The same unit seen departing for London |
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The loco hauled set heads off to Weymouth Jersey Sidings until forming the return to Bristol later in the day |
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150247 is seen at Maiden Newton, a small rurul station on the Heart of Wessex line, with a service for Gloucester |
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At Bradford On Avon, 158959 slows with a Portsmouth - Cardiff service |
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Closely followed by a diverted HST to Bristol |
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At Dorchester West, 67016, which was swapped onto the front of the set due to problems with 67017, leads the set with the 1655 Weymouth - Bristol TM |
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The set is seen waiting time at Castle Cary |
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Then departing for Bristol Temple Meads |
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158748 enters Castle Cary, with a storm behind which had brought much rain to the South West |
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43183 is seen on the back of the 1706 Paddington - Plymouth at Newton Abbot, unusually routed onto the up main, also with an additional TGS used on an earlier Newquay service |
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