47629 passes Silchester on 1 October 1988 with the BR InterCity Euston Travel Centre 1Zxx 08:20 Paddington to Exeter St Davids 'Cathedrals West' railtour. Instead of travelling all the way via the former Great Western Mainline, this train travelled along the former Southern route via Salisbury, hence its appearance at Silchester, on the Reading to Basingstoke line.