JL -19.6.23 68011 1J49 17:07 Marylebone - Stourbridge Jn, Anyho Jn

In an effort to avoid the awful Avanti service on the west coast route I'm a regular user of the better value Chiltern Trains and therefore very familiar with the route from Birmingham down to Marylebone via Banbury and Bicester. With loco hauled diagrams I do try to time my journeys to coincide with these 68 hauled workings. The line itself doesn't really lend itself to photography as it's a green tunnel for much of the route but there are a handful of fairly clear lineside stretches, such as this section at Aynho Junction. With the Oxford route in the bottom left of frame, 68011 slowly picks its way across Anyho Junction with 1J49 17:07 Marylebone - Stourbridge Junction.