93004 Shorthampton 17 April 2026

93004 passes Shorthampton on 17 April 2026 with the late running 5Q94 11:04 (14:27 actual) Wimbledon Park Depot Sidings to Long Marston, conveying former South Western Railway EMU 458535 for storage. 93010 is bringing up the rear. Problems with 93010 had caused the extreme late running, which is slightly ironic as the Class 93s are brand new locomotives, whereas the Class 37s that had previously worked these trains were normally reliable, despite being over sixty years old! The weather was poor, with the threat of rain, but I wasn't going to miss this, as this is the first visit of Class 93s to this southern section of the Cotswold Line.