'From the archives' - Episode 57: Trains at Tackley in 2012

This video shows the result of a several separate visits to Tackley to see trains pass through this station, located on the Cherwell Valley line between Banbury and Oxford. In the video, we see the usual selection of CrossCountry, First Great Western and freight services, alongside numerous railtours throughout the year. The latter can be seen being hauled by a variety of Class 20s, Class 47s, Class 66s and Class 67s. This also includes a few runs of the short-lived "Cruise Saver Express" boat trains that operated between Scotland and Southampton Docks, conveying passengers boarding P&O cruise ships. Whilst passenger traffic has changed very little here, barring new liveries, many of the railtours are now lost to the sands of time, with Pathfinder tours ceasing business and DRS no longer operating Class 20s. Enjoy! About 'From the archives': This series will place a spotlight on the UK rail network between 2007 and 2012, showing trains, operators and scenes that, in many cases, have been lost to time over the past 18 years. All videos in this series was filmed with my old Panasonic DVD camcorder, so the quality will be lower than my more modern videos, but the footage still remains too good not to share! My aim is to release a weekly video from this series, so please stay tuned for dozens more videos in the future.