47501 Shorthampton 12 February 1989

A colourful combination of liveries on the Cotswold Line on 12 February 1989. InterCity liveried 47501 Craftsman hauls a rake of Network SouthEast liveried Mk 2 coaches past Shorthampton with the 1B31 13:45 Paddington to Hereford InterCity service, amazingly the first down train of the day on a Sunday at the time. 47501 had been named in 1987 in recognition of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers.