In some weak spring sunshine on 26 March 2009, 66591 passes the site of Bletchingdon station with the 4O05 12:00 Birch Coppice to Southampton intermodal. Just visible on the horizon are a couple of water towers that mark the site of the former RAF Upper Heyford airbase, latterly home to the USAF and for a long time home to the swing wing F-111 bombers. Its closure in 1994 was a direct consequence of the ending of the Cold War.