Car train speeding through High Wycombe - any ID ??

It was about 17.10 today, loaded up with a a huge line of cars, but
didn't catch the loco up front.
Origin and destination would be great ! Why was it running on the
Chiltern line ? Diversion due to engineering ? There has been some
interesting freight along the line recently even when the WCML north
of London is open.

thanks again,

uncle C

"Paul Scott" <notvalidpmscott@> wrote in message
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> "Uncle-C" <slssfw.uk> wrote in message
> news:8670cb3e-9fbe-4599-be51-09ae822d8f17@x35g2000hsb..com...
> > It was about 17.10 today, loaded up with a a huge line of cars, but
> > didn't catch the loco up front.
> > Origin and destination would be great ! Why was it running on the
> > Chiltern line ? Diversion due to engineering ? There has been some
> > interesting freight along the line recently even when the WCML north
> > of London is open.
>
> I should think these diversions are due to the planned Trent Valley
closure
> all this week. Freight that would normally use the TV route could in
theory
> get as far as Rugby northbound, but the route through Coventry is near
> capacity as it's handling Manchester & Scotland bound Pendolinos?
>
> IIRC the WC postal trains are going via Reading, Oxford and Banbury to
make
> space as well...
>
Today's Railway Herald has a photo of the Port Clarence to Bedworth tanks -
which ran via Didcot. The route from Birmingham was Didcot (run round), back
to Leamington, then Kenilworth and Coventry to Bedworth.

Peter