My eldest is an absolute train nerd and persuaded me I didn’t need to re-visit Scotland and try and catch the HP Express over the Glenfinnan viaduct when I could drive an hour or so down the road and do the same at the Cynghordy viaduct. Which, I am reliably informed is part of the Heart of Wales line.
So, plans were hatched and off I toddled to catch the steam train. Only, on arrival my eldest texts me to say the steam train is broke, it will be some other engine instead, hmmm.
Anyway, trip had been made so I stuck the drone up and managed to snag a few images. This one is just as the train appeared… I like it despite it not being a steam engine.
That looks like a ‘rail tour’ class 37 pulling the coaches…Despite being a signalman, I don’t have too much of a clue. The Victorian signalboxes are now being phased out (long overdue) and I work at a computerised work station dealing with hundreds of trains per day