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David J Hayes says Although the following information is pure guesswork on my part, and I therefore stand to be corrected, this doesn't look like a Class 6 freight to me. Not knowing where the picture is taken doesn't help either, so, working on the assumption it is heading for the Southern Region, I'm going to hazard a guess at this actually being 8O17, the 13:00 SSuX mixed goods from Severn Tunnel Junction to Norwood Yard (arr. 21:08). I think the service called at Acton Yard for traffic purposes, as it was shown as departing from there at 7:38pmThe leading cut of vans are Banana vans with traders stickers, in steam days this traffic was landed at Barry as well as Southampton Docks which fots Davids guesswork