168325 passes Brookfurlong Farm (near Islip) on 20 October 2015 with the 5Z17 13:04 Princes Risborough to Oxford Parkway Chiltern Railways driver training special. Passenger trains commence running on 26 October, giving Oxford a new direct service to London (Marylebone this time instead of Paddington). Both the footbridge and the distant roadbridge in this picture are new, offering excellent new photographic vantage points on what used to be a very challenging line. Such is the complete transformation of the route that it is hard to believe this is the same spot that I photographed 47727 at in 2013! |