47423 Knighton 8 August 1988

Knighton level crossing, between Uffington and Shrivenham, was replaced by a road underbridge in the early 1970s. A decade later it was still possible to stand on the truncated road at the crossing site. With the old road in the foreground, 47423 heads west on 8 August 1988 with the 1A91 18:07 Paddington to Swindon service. The PW hut rather gets in the way, but the train is the usual short formation, formed almost entirely of first class vehicles.