A wide open vista at Compton Beauchamp on 6 April 1990. Decades before the present mass of overhead catenary, and long before the lineside bushes grew up. What little vegetation there was at the top of the cutting had recently been cleared to install a brand new fence. 37711 Tremorfa Steelworks passes by with the very lightly loaded 6V99 14:53 Hamworthy to Cardiff Tidal steel. This was running an hour early, which was very fortunate, as clearly at the booked time it would have been virtually dark.