43185 Steventon 12 May 2019

43185 Great Western approaches Steventon on 12 May 2019 with the final standard HST operated train from Weston-super-Mare, the 1A10 08:15 Weston-super-Mare to Paddington GWR service. The driver would shortly have to apply the brakes, as bizarrely the early running 6Y46 10:19 Hinksey to Abbotswood Junction ballast train was let out from the bi-directional relief line, to cross over the up main line right in front of it! The board on the right is the traction changeover indicator for the Class 800/802 bi-mode units, signalling where the driver should raise the pantograph, after travelling through the Steventon dead section on diesel power.