47482 makes its way slowly through the centre road at Oxford station on 7 January 1984 with the 3V19 04:50 Banbury to Old Oak Common empty newspaper vans. This train recessed at Oxford from 05:22 to 09:35 (or 09:20 on this particular morning). A classic BR blue scene, with a domino headcode 47, without headlight, and platforms full of Brute trolleys. In the middle of winter the station canopies tended to shade the up lines (even the centre line) for much of the day, but luckily the 1970s modernisation left a gap between the then new canopy and the truncated remains of the old GWR canopy, seen here. At least this gap allowed a fully lit view of the locomotive, if not the whole train.