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It's more than 25 years since I took these photos, on the former GWR main line, on a warm spring evening at Twyford (junction for the Henley branch), and the following day just a little further west at Sonning. The "Westerns" (and all the other hydraulics) had gone, and the HSTs were in charge of the major workings. But the Sprinter revolution was still some way off - old-fashioned DMUs worked local services (Pressed Steel Co cl. 117 and 121), while other longer distance trains were still locomotive-hauled.

The first few photos are taken at Twyford station - some main line workings are seen, followed by the departure of a Henley-bound "bubblecar".

The light wasn't quite so nice the following day, but was OK for a few record shots of main line passenger workings. There was no freight around on either occasion...

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