43197 Banbury 2 January 2011

Unfortunately this viewpoint does appear to give 43197 a tall non-standard brick chimney! However it records the very unusual occurrence of a pair of First Great Western HSTs in Banbury station. 43197 has just started moving with the 1A10 08:11 Weston-super-Mare to Paddington service, while on the left, 43005 brings up the rear of the 1B25 09:15 Paddington to Swansea train, which had just arrived behind 43138. These diversions via Oxford and the Chiltern Line were the result of Reading station being closed for extensive engineering works over the New Year holiday period. The date is 2 January 2011.