In the days when Didcot North Junction was in open countryside, it was possible to take a really broadside photo from the newly constructed Didcot bypass road, as seen here in this view of L404 (51379, 59489 & 51337) working the 17:30 Paddington to Oxford Network SouthEast service on 3 May 1990. In the background on the extreme left is Didcot's long demolished gas holder, while visible on the right, above the footbridge, is the combined coaling stage and water tower at the Great Western Society's Didcot Railway Centre.