37214 Lower Basildon 11 February 1989

37214 passes Lower Basildon on 11 February 1989 with the 6V04 10:05 Hove to Didcot Network Coal working, conveying empty domestic coal hoppers back from the Southern Region. This small load was typical, and it is quite surprising that these trains managed to struggle on for a few more years, with the market for traditional domestic coal deliveries shrinking all the time. In retrospect it is a pity that I didn't take more pictures of this working, especially as it ran on a Saturday.