47656 approaches Swindon at speed on 15 July 1989 with the 1A30 07:25 Carmarthen to Paddington service. As can be seen from the typical Class 47 clag, this was not booked to stop at the station. Running as a local service in Wales, calling at Llanelli, Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot Parkway, Bridgend, Cardiff and Newport, it then became an express service, missing out both the Swindon and Didcot stops. The earlier running 1A27 08:01 Swansea to Paddington, which was also loco hauled, was similarly booked to miss out Swindon and Didcot.