17th March 1998

At 13.32, a celebrity on the 4C13 11.11. Calvert to Bath/Bristol empty "Binliner" - the refuse train is hardly fitting for such a distinctive engine! It's 47484 "Isambard Kingdom Brunel" still carrying the GWR green livery bestowed on it back in 1985. The train is approaching Swindon from the east. "IKB" is still with us, just, awaiting restoration, we hope....
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