L414 (51392, 59502 & 51350) passes Hinksey Yard on 28 July 1983 with the 2A56 15:01 Paddington to Oxford service. There are two principal differences between this view, and the same scene over 30 years later. Firstly, in the 1980s the yard was usually completely empty, and secondly, the grassy area where the tracks diverge hadn't become an impenetrable jungle of bushes! |