47627 Clink Road Junction 11 May 1985

47627 City of Oxford passes Clink Road Junction on 11 May 1985 with the 1Z60 09:40 St Austell to Paddington relief. This is something you wouldn't see now, an additional train put on at short notice to cater for unexpected demand. Today's railway is so inflexible that any special working has to be planned well in advance. In the 1980s British Rail was run for the customer's benefit, rather the private company's shareholders, and though the butt of jokes at the time, was a much more efficient organisation.