50020 Revenge passes Bourton on 30 April 1983 with the 1B28 17:27 Paddington to Cheltenham service. This is nearly two decades after the end of steam, and yet there is still not one bush visible on the lineside. During the steam era lineside vegetation was rigorously controlled to prevent fires. This obviously carried on into the diesel era, but what a contrast to today, when Network Rail do nothing at all to maintain the lineside, and then wonder why they have problems with leaves on the line in the autumn!