66557 Cholsey 16 February 2018

Self portrait at Cholsey! 66557 approaches the station on 16 February 2018 with the 4O49 09:22 Crewe Basford Hall to Southampton Maritime freightliner. Not only am I visible in the large mirror placed at the end of the platform for the benefit of passenger train drivers, but so is 387158, which is just about to set off with the 2N34 11:57 Paddington to Didcot Parkway GWR service. This was one of those nervous occasions when a train coming from behind could easily have completely ruined the picture. At least in this case I could keep an eye on it without taking my eye off the viewfinder!