47456 passes Oxford North Junction on 2 May 1990 with the 1M23 15:40 Poole to Manchester Piccadilly InterCity service. This superb viewpoint only existed for a short while. The ditch in the foreground had been dredged and the lineside vegetation cut back, but of course it soon became overgrown again. There had obviously been a Victorian rubbish dump in the area, as the dredged mud contained numerous old (and probably collectable) bottles and jars. Recent clearance in connection with the reinstatement of the down relief line has once again cleared the vegetation, but the view is now blocked by palisade fencing.