37372 & 60051 Steventon 21 May 1991

An extremely rare working at Steventon on 21 May 1991. 37372 hauls failed 60051 Mary Somerville (then only two months old) with the late running 6B23 13:12 Colnbrook to Waterston oil empties. I had been photographing at South Moreton during the evening, and after it clouded up was just about to go home when this train appeared. I hastily grabbed a shot (in B&W) and then raced around Didcot and was in time to get another shot (again in B&W) at Milton. As it was now on the relief line, I realised it might be possible to get a third shot at Steventon. Although the light level was still very low, requiring a 1/125sec exposure, a trace of the setting sun can just be seen highlighting the driver as the ensemble pulls out of the loop.