I was at the station to see the Class 37s on the Exeter to Preston positioning move. The sun was sinking low in the sky & didn’t look as if it would last until the special passed by. It didn’t, you can see the difference between a train in sunlight and another after the sun has set.
This was the only shot in sunlight
Plenty of sunshine, but the shadows are rather long at this time of year. More a record of what was running than good photos, but better than nothing.
After working the Spitfire Railtours Jorvic Explorer III on the previous day, the 37s head the stock on a positioning move from Exeter, via Old Hill, to Preston. 57601 was on the rear of the train. Unfortunately the sun had set about 15 minutes before the train was due, so the camera was struggling a bit on iso1600 setting at 1/200 sec.
