43177 leaves Oxford station with the 08:05 Hereford to Paddington Great Western Trains service on 16 August 1997. One of the most noticeable things about the classic view from the Osney Lane footbridge compared with even a few years previously is the amount of vegetation covering the sidings on either side of the running lines. Admittedly by this date they were disused and the area on the right was soon to become a car park, but for a while at least the buddleia was getting the upper hand!