47482 makes a smoky departure from Oxford on 3 March 1984 with the 13:15 Oxford to Paddington service formed entirely of Mk 2 stock, albeit with a mixture of early and air conditioned types. The train is passing the site of Hinksey North signal box at the north end of Hinksey Yard, which was largely disused at the time. A fine picture from the sadly missed corporate blue era, when Thames Valley passengers had a high quality comfortable train service to take them to the capital! A point of interest for railway modellers is the non-standard arrangement of the former headcode box. Rather than the normal marker lights surrounded by rubber grommets, 47482 appears to just have a pair of painted white dots.