2. Railways

A Westbury Afternoon

A sunny afternoon whilst on holiday in Dorset and a spur of the moment decision to go to Westbury turned out a really good move. The weather was perfect and the trains were varied and there was a couple of surprises too, wonderful. 18/07/2007
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    59002 comes away from the station and yard towards the junction with a rake of empty bogie boxes. I was given a headcode of 6V67, which means it has come from out of the Western Region, but I could not find a 6V67 to identify it.
    This liveried sprinter is more common to this part of the world, 150263 heads for the station at Westbury. From there it will go left at Hawkeridge and run via Bath and Bristol and the Severn Tunnel to its destination of Cardiff Central. The service is 2V83 off Weymouth. EDIT PHOTO DETAILS
    43009 is the rear powercar with 43028 up front, and the HST gains the down main at Fairwood Junction. The working is 1C87 1505 Paddington to Penzance.