3rd February 2017 It's not often you see a Great Western HST with its powercar missing, so this image was defiantly of newsworthy inclusion. On Friday 3rd February 2017 while working the 1A73 05:46 Exeter St Davids to London Paddington, lead power No. 43172 'Tiverton Castle' suffered a seized axle at Castle Cary at 07:08. This effectively closed the main line to London via the B&H forcing all passenger and freights services to be diverted via Bristol. After the service was cancelled the power was subsequently removed from the set and shunted into an adjacent siding at Castle Cary. Rear powercar No. 43094 'St Mawes Castle' was then used to haul the set (LA08) back to Laira as the 5Z77 10:45 Castle Cary to Laira. The odd sight of an HST set missing its powercar is seen passing Taunton at 11:09 when the line to Castle Cary had just been reopened after the four hour closure. (Photo: Paul Clarke)