37612 & 37259 Radley 31 August 2012

With a bizarre mixed rake of stock, 37612 & 37259 approach Radley on 31 August 2012 with the Pathfinder Tours 1Z37 06:02 Tame Bridge Parkway to Kingswear 'Dartmouth Flyer' railtour. The re-skinned nose of 37612 has certainly not improved the look of the front end, and is definitely not very smooth, with the early morning light showing up numerous ripples and dents. However, this was obviously not helped by what happened later on. Somewhere between here and Swindon, 37612 managed to hit a large bird (my money is on one of the notoriously stupid Wood Pigeons!), resulting in some more colour being added to the front end.