47556 Oxford North Junction 7 April 1990

47556 passes Oxford North Junction on 7 April 1990 with the 1O04 06:42 Wolverhampton to Poole service. On the left work has just started to clear vegetation from the course of the old down relief line. 25 years later, after the vegetation had grown back again, it was cleared again, and the former wartime relief line reinstated. Why it was cleared in 1990 is a mystery!