L428 Oxford 24 July 1990

L428 (51408, 59163 & 51366) stands in Oxford station on 24 July 1990 with the 2C59 17:15 Banbury to Reading Network SouthEast service. What is immediately obvious is that the unit is running with a replacement centre vehicle. The different length coach, with many fewer doors, and the darker NSE blue livery, show that this is Class 104 trailer 59163, deputising for the unit's normal 59518. This is particularly noteworthy, as although a number of Class 104s were repainted into Network SouthEast livery towards the end of their lives, these were mostly two car sets, so this is one of the very few centre trailers to receive the colour scheme.