6th August 1997

At 11.51 National Power's 59202 "Vale of White Horse" heads south with yet another load of Gascoigne Wood coal. These trains were short-lived, the NP operation being purchased outright by EWS and the 59s migrating, eventually, to the Somerset limestone quarry traffic. So I am glad I managed to record them when I did as they looked fantastic!
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