L421 (51359, 59511 & 51401) approaches Didcot North Junction on 9 December 1986 with the 2A85 08:08 Hereford to Didcot Parkway Network SouthEast service. It's hard to believe now just how open this location once was. Quarter of a century later the lack of lineside maintenance by BR, Railtrack, and especially Network Rail, had changed the scene completely!