50036 Victorious pulls slowly away from Radley station on 1 May 1990 with the 1F52 18:04 Paddington to Oxford Network SouthEast service. This train stopped at all stations after Reading, and consequently the Reading to Oxford section of the journey took over an hour, whereas a normal Class 50 hauled trip from the capital to Oxford (with just a couple of stops) could be completed in under an hour! |