56047 Wolvercote Junction 27 March 1982

The sun starts to break through the early morning mist at Wolvercote Junction on 27 March 1982, as 56047 heads south with the 7V34 04:17 Toton Old Bank to Didcot Power Station MGR. Its been a very long time since this location was anything like as open as this! Clearly visible on the original Kodachrome 64 transparency, a recently felled steam age telegraph pole can be seen lying next to the Cotswold Line, as it peels away to the left.