With the main lines closed for Sunday engineering work, 43184 has to use the up relief line at Cholsey on 18 February 1990, as it heads for London with the 1A44 13:00 Bristol Temple Meads to Paddington InterCity service. Despite 43184's badly damaged paintwork, it would not receive the then current InterCity swallow livery (as on the rear power car) for another couple of years, although it did get a much needed touch up. Both this livery, and the later swallow colour scheme matched the InterCity liveried coaches, as can be seen here.