Not long after sunrise on 1 October 1988, 47660 passes Silchester with the 1M88 06:40 Poole to Manchester Piccadilly service. Being operated by InterCity, it would normally be expected for this train to have either blue and grey stock, or increasingly from the mid 1980s, InterCity Executive liveried coaches. It was therefore quite a surprise to see this rake of Network SouthEast stock.