L425 (51363, 59515 & 51405) passes Brimpton on 12 May 1987 with the 2B25 14:15 Newbury to Reading Network SouthEast service. Its amazing just how open this location was in the 1980s, with an uninterrupted view all the way to Colthrop Paper Mill in the background. Also, the house in the fields was still clearly visible. Even before the electfrication masts ruined the location, it had already become very overgrown.