Class 60s don’t often work trains to Round Oak, so as I had some spare time it seemed worth a trip to Stourbridge to see it. 60096 was the loco & it was working 6V07 to Margam. It wasn’t long before 6M41, the northbound loaded train appeared, headed by 66014.
The timing was just right for me to walk to the bus stop to catch the route 240 bus home, but it had failed to show when I was trying to get to Stourbridge, so no choice but a train ride and a walk!
Some engineer’s trains were booked on this route during the day. They aren’t likely to run to time, so it is a matter of hoping they are sighted elsewhere and then heading to the station & waiting. Then I received the message that one had passed through Worcester (thanks!!) so grabbed a camera & headed for the station. The light was fading, nothing unusual at Old Hill, a DMU came through & I expected the freight soon after. Silly me! It was another 20 minutes before I heard the noise of the freight train as it slowly climbed the bank, assisted by a banking loco. Never did find out the code, but believe it was Abbotswood Junction to Bescot.
Those awful shots with the light behind the train!
