I had seen some timings that suggested a Class 57 was running from Loughborough to Eastleigh via Dorridge. Before leaving home, I checked, and it was 57301 and was passing Leicester. Just before I arrived at Dorridge I noticed a posting of 57301 at Bedford, so there had been a change of route. I decided to spend some time at Dorridge & saw 2 freights and a pair of 66s running light from Bescot to Didcot. Then I headed for Stourbridge to see a Class 60 on a Round Oak train, but gave up after waiting an hour & 20 minutes – I had arrived early, just in case, but the Class 60 was running 65 minutes late.
The sun shone for one of the trains!
