50017 Royal Oak crosses a backwater of the River Thames, as it accelerates away from Oxford on 21 May 1983 with the 1S61 06:45 Paddington to Edinburgh train, which it would work as far as Birmingham New Street. This is the view from Walton Well Road, which at the time still showed some evidence of the former Oxford loco depot (81F). Note the disused sidings near the allotments, and the water tower in the background.