Towards the end of the use of Class 50s on the Cotswold Line it was getting more common to see complete rakes of Network SouthEast liveried coaches hauled by appropriately liveried locomotives. On 12 June 1988, just a single blue and grey Mk2 spoils the illusion, as 50017 Royal Oak passes Evenlode with the 1B31 13:45 Paddington to Hereford service.