From 18 to 23 April 1977, Cowbit Up goods loop was the location of an episode of BBC Television's "Life at Stake" series. British Railways Standard Corridor Nos. W26121 and E24620, together with Brake Standard Corridor No. E35256, were repainted on one side in the colours of a Netherlands Railways commuter train to carry out a re-enactment of the 1975 Dutch train hostage crisis. Two Class 31 diesel-electrics from March depot provided the motive power.