43147 Uffington 27 September 2008

43147 speeds past Uffington on 27 September 2008 with the 14:30 Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads First Great Western service. Note the complete absence of any mesh in front of the air horns between the headlights. Some photographers would have cloned out the radio mast in the background of this picture, but I believe that unless a piece of infrastructure is actually sprouting out of the top of the loco it should be left, as otherwise you are falsifying history. After all, I would ideally like to Photoshop this HST back to the original blue and grey livery!