Network Rail's Great Western Mainline electrification programme is so far behind schedule, that in early 2017 there are still a few areas between Didcot and Swindon without catenary supports. The concrete filled pile in the foreground of this view at Stocks Lane level crossing, Steventon, shows that this situated will be short lived. 43177 speeds westwards on 6 April 2017 with the 1C16 13:30 Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads GWR service.