Being on the main InterCity cross country route a 47/4 and seven mark 2s would be a must, and an HST would cover both these cross country trains and the Cheltenham- Paddington services.

Freight wise, a block steel train to represent the South Wales-North East England flow, probably with a class 60 at the helm. The ‘Clayliner’ would also give a good sample of the freight to be seen, with either a 47 or a pair of 37s. The other freight would have to be the Longbridge-Swindon ‘Rover Cubes’, these being the most regular service after the steels, hauled by a class 47.

A class 158 Sprinter of would cover Cardiff- Nottingham services and the Golden Valley (Cheltenham- Swindon) services. If more than one DMU can go in a fiddle yard road then classes 150 and 156 would also feature.

So the majority can actually be covered with those six trains. Nuclear flask traffic and MoD services appear occassionally, but not on a daily basis. Likewise MGRs and acid tanks were somtimes timetabled to run, but never on a consistent basis.