165131 South Moreton 29 February 1996

A meeting of Thames Valley local stopping trains at South Moreton on 29 February 1996. 165131 accelerates away from Didcot with the 2C23 09:04 Oxford to Reading service, while 165137 recedes into the distance with the balancing 2C22 09:03 Reading to Oxford working. There are plenty of Class 165 operated trains on this stretch of the line, but it is less easy to get a passing shot of a pair of two car units on the Reading to Oxfords, rather than the much more numerous three car workings on Paddington to Oxford, Banbury or Worcester trains.