The vans may be empty, but this is still a bit of a stagger for a 31! Just as the evening sun fades away, 31116 passes Hinksey Yard on 6 May 1988 with the 6V36 15:53 Longbridge to Morris Cowley car component empties. This was normally a Class 47 turn, but the 31 was doing well, and was running exactly to time. However, it was probably just as well that the train wasn't as long as when I photographed 47314 working it three years later.