Plenty of tanker traffic in the yard, Shell had an Oil Terminal at Earley initially in the old yard on the Up side as shown here. Later a new specialised facility was built ont he Down side at the Wokingham end of the station. I am reasonably sure the change occurred as a consequence of the construction of the A329(M) which would have interfered with access to the Up side as well as possibly impinging on the railway boundary on that side - now houses are built even on that ; 'Amber Close'.