66535 Wolvercote 15 August 2008

66535 passes Wolvercote on 15 August 2008 with the lightly loaded 4O27 07:12 Ditton to Southampton freightliner. The lack of a load on the front section of the train reveals the little used up good relief line, which runs from Wolvercote Junction to Oxford. Not too many years ago it was regularly used by MGR coat trains to Didcot Power Station and empty car trains to Morris Cowley. Neither of these services now operate on this route, and as can be seen here what little freight traffic that remains tends to use the main line.