47701 Hinksey 5 July 1991

How's this for an unusual colour combination! In 1991 after being transferred to Thames Valley passenger duties, 47701 still carried ScotRail livery (admittedly with the word 'ScotRail' painted out in a different shade of grey) for a while before being repainted into Network SouthEast livery. Here it passes Hinksey with the 1F45 10:00 Oxford to Paddington service on 5 July 1991, formed of the customary rake of Mk1s. This Scotrail /NSE livery combination wasn't unusual at the time, but the inclusion of the Royal Mail liveried van at the head of the train certainly was!