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GWR 4-6-0 on the M62 today

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    Has anybody any ideas which loco this could be and where it was heading? It was heading Westbound around junction 31 at roughly 11:40 this morning. I was on the eastbound carriageway so didn't get a proper look, but I'm pretty sure it was a Hall. Thanks in advance :)
     
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    Could have been 7828 Odney Manor.
     
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    Thank you, any idea where it's going?
     
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    6880 heading from GCR to Toddington?

    Edit... Ignore that - I read it as M6! As @D1002 says, probably 7828 heading to Ian Riley's works in Bury?
     
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    Not due yet, got another weekend's running at GCR first too
     
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    Odney Manor left Minehead yesterday for Ian Riley's works, so possibly that if it stopped somewhere overnight?

    Tom
     
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    Odney manor passed us on the M1 going Northbound past Nottingham, so seems logical it would go over the M62 to Rileys
     
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    Although I saw it East of junction 29, so that wouldn't add up.‍♂️
     
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    M1,M18,M62 the usual route to avoid Tinsley viaduct on M1.
     
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    Thanks for the clarity. Mike
     
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