A delightful Summer scene in yellow and green is recorded at a verdant Hatton North Junction as Network Rail Driving Trailer Coach No. 9714 leads the 11.27 (3Z15) Reading Triangle Sidings to Derby RTC ultrasonic test train past a wonderful bloom of yellow cornflowers (Echinacea paradoxa) on Thursday 16 July 2026. The train was propelled by Swietelsky Class 37/4 No. 37405. John Binch
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