37609 & 37259 Wolvercote 14 April 2017

37609 & 37259 pass Wolvercote on 14 April 2017 with the Pathfinder Tours 1Z37 05:12 Eastleigh to Inverness 'Spring Highlander' railtour. This is day one of a four day luxury tour of Scotland. The train could be clearly heard pulling away from Oxford station, nearly two miles away. Directly behind the train is the trackbed of the former down relief line. Network Rail started to reinstate this former wartime line in 2013. The project has since been seemingly abandoned, and the track which had been laid on the new ballast behind the train has been removed!