47773 Kidlington (Sandy Lane) 22 September 2012

With its reinstated pre TOPS number (D1755) clearly visible, 47773 speeds past Sandy Lane Crossing, Kidlington on 22 September 2012 with the Vintage Trains 1Z23 07:00 Solihull to Portsmouth 'Waverley Paddle Steamer' excursion. 47760 is doing the decent thing, in view of its awful West Coast livery, by hiding in the shadows on the rear of the train. At Portsmouth the tour participants would enjoy a cruise around on the Isle of Wight on the paddle steamer 'Waverley', the world's last surviving ocean going paddle steamer.