47463 stands at Oxford station's platform 2 on the night of 30 January 1985, after arriving with the 1A52 17:08 Paddington to Oxford service. Usually the loco hauled trains from the capital to Oxford at the time took just less than an hour. However, this particular service was more like the DMU operated turns, as it was an 'all stations' service after Reading. Consequently it was on a very leisurely schedule! Note the mailbags being unloaded in the background.