43019 Denchworth 21 May 1983

43019 pulls away from an unexplained signal stop at Denchworth on a very rainy 21 May 1983. It is working the 1A85 15:00 Bristol Temple Meads to Paddington service. Virtually everything in this picture has now changed. The line is now four tracks, and the two signals have been replaced by a large gantry. Circourt Bridge, visible in the background, has been replaced by a much more visually intrusive structure, and even 43019 is no more, having been written off in the Ufton Nervet accident in 2004.