166209 Steventon 1 March 2017

166209 passes Steventon on 1 March 2017 with the 3U77 10:30 Reading to Bristol St Philips Marsh ECS. With Class 387 EMUs taking over suburban services out of Paddington, the Class 166s are being transferred to Bristol for a new life working local trains to such locations as Severn Beach. Note the houses in the background. Even villages like Steventon are now being swamped by housing estates. The local paper's main news stories seem to be about residents fighting developer's plans!