47121 passes through Pilning station on 28 May 1984 with the 1S54 08:15 Newton Abbot to Stirling Motorail service. A poor quality image, but it is the only time that I photographed this train. Unfortunately from this angle the cars at the rear of the train are barely visible. This is a very appropriate location to photograph a Motorail train, as before the Severn Bridge was opened, there was a Motorail service operating from here to Severn Tunnel Junction, saving drivers the long detour via Gloucester. Cars were loaded onto flat wagons in the bay platform on the left.