47583 County of Hertfordshire accelerates past Ascott-under-Wychwood in perfect summer evening light with the 1B59 18:38 Hereford to Paddington service on 12 June 1988. This was generally a very colourful train with a Network SouthEast liveried Class 47 hauling a mix of InterCity and blue and grey Mk 2 stock as seen here. It is pictured just at the start of the double track section to Moreton-in-Marsh, having just traversed fourteen miles of single track from Wolvercote Junction.