A meagre load for a Class 59! With Didcot Power Station dominating the background, 59203 Vale of Pickering has just ten autoballasters in tow as it passes Steventon on 3 March 2012 with the 6W24 Hinksey to East Somerset Junction. With a convenient gap between HST services, it has no need of the loop here, although it would later be put inside at Wantage Road, for a run down the relief line to Challow.