The Class 37 had been sold some months ago and an attempt had been made to move it, but there had been a problem. This day didn’t start too well as the Class 56 did not leave Washwood Heath at the booked time and the working was cancelled. A new schedule was soon added & I was able to see it rolling down through Old Hill as it headed for Kidderminster. I was ready for the return run but as usual, was worried about a DMU getting in the way at Old Hill – even with the quiet Sunday service. You can see what happened, a DMU was showing as passing at the same time but cleared about 30 seconds before the convoy passed. I continued filming as the sound of the DMU drowned out the sound of the diesel & I wasn’t sure how far away it was.
I’ve added two photos here, to show both locos, taken from the second part of the video
