180108 passes Cholsey on 8 July 2014 with the 3A05 06:14 Paddington to Didcot Parkway First Great Western ECS. It would shortly return with the 1A05 07:34 Didcot Parkway to Paddington. Prominent in the foreground is one of the tubular steel piles that will form the base for the forthcoming overhead electrification catenary.