L425 (51405, 59515 & 51363) makes an exceedingly smoky departure from Oxford with its first working of the day on 11 May 1987, the 2C08 07:20 service for Bicester Town. Not quite obscured by the smoke in the background, a rake of newspaper vans can be seen in the down carriage sidings, and in the far distance another DMU sits underneath the water tower, the last remnant of Oxford's steam shed (81F). Directly above 51405 track panels have been stacked up, after the old sidings had just been lifted.