43015 South Marston 11 December 2007

The last rays of the setting sun illuminate 43015 as it heads west past South Marston on 11 December 2007 with the 1C17 14:00 Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads First Great Western service. The appalling condition of the paintwork shows that its call to Brush for refurbishment can not come a moment too soon. In fact it left for Loughborough just a few days later. Note the unusual short formation of just six coaches.