At least one person is enjoying the audio entertainment, as 50023 Howe accelerates past Didcot North Junction on 22 June 1989 with the 1F52 18:04 Paddington to Oxford Network SouthEast 'all stations' service. I suppose if you are going to hang out of the window to listen to a Class 50 thrashing away from stations, this train would be the one to do it on, with no less than nine intermediate stops between London and Oxford!