Hardly a worthwhile load and certainly not very taxing for a Class 47! 47378 passes Water Eaton with a single VEA van as it works the 6A50 Bicester to Morris Cowley Speedlink trip working on 17 August 1988. The booked departure time from Bicester for this train was 13:56, but it passed me exactly an hour earlier! The traffic levels on this service and its successor which is run exclusively for the Ministry of Defence fluctuate wildly, usually depending on what worldwide conflicts our politicians have got us into at any particular time!