47427 Hinksey 10 September 1987

Oh dear, oh dear, who's been a naughty boy then! 47427 stands on the up relief line at Hinksey on 10 September 1987 with the derailed 4M42 04:10 Stoke Gifford to Calvert Avon binliner. If you look carefully at the wagon towards the rear of the train directly under the red signal, you will see that it is leaning at a drunken angle. The train had a few hours earlier caused the total closure of the route into Oxford, by ripping up the pointwork near the footbridge in the background, which explains the orange jackets visible in the background. Despite the local radio saying that the derailment was at Radley, I managed to track it down and secure this unique picture before going to work.