66562 Launton 15 August 2008

66562 approaches the site of Launton station (closed 30 December 1967) with the 4V60 10:55 Calvert to Bristol Avon Binliner empties on 15 August 2008. The use of a long lens to avoid the various items of lineside clutter around the level crossing has accentuated the unevenness of the track. This and the corresponding early morning loaded train are the only trains to use this section of line, although there is a very slim possibility that passenger services may one day return in the form of an Oxford to Cambridge service. The local press frequently has articles speculating on the line's reopening, however the proposers of these grand ideas really have very little grasp about the practicalities of such an ambitious project.