Plasser & Theurer 09-3X-D-RT Tamper / Liner DR73113 catches the afternoon winter sun as it heads south down the Cherwell Valley near Tackley on 17 December 2008. For a short distance north of Tackley the railway is relatively unobstructed with trees and on a long curving embankment, which offers a number of excellent viewpoints for southbound trains in the winter.