Running ten minutes early, 47482 passes Bathampton Junction on 5 April 1990 with the 3A12 06:45 Swansea to Reading empty newspaper vans. A picture that would be impossible to replicate today, as 47482 was withdrawn in 1993 and cut up shortly afterwards, and of course newspapers are no longer conveyed by rail. More importantly however, this view is no longer possible because the farm occupation bridge I am standing on has since been demolished! |