47851 South Moreton (Didcot East) 4 December 1999

47851 passes South Moreton (Didcot East) on 4 December 1999 with the 1O71 07:36 Blackpool North to Portsmouth Harbour Virgin CrossCountry service. This was substituting for an unavailable HST, which explains the presence of 47810 Porterbrook on the rear of the train, there being no loco run round facilities at Portsmouth.