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As I couldn’t find one I thought it would be good to have a feed dedicated to the great HST

 

So here to start is the hst in its current XC livery

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Please feel free to upload any pictures and videos of any hst whatever livery. If you have pictures of the prototype either in its restored condition now or when it was originally being tested on the network please post them too.

 

I have been seeing hsts since I was a youngster and 35 years later still love seeing one and taking a journey on one. With them being slowly phased out of frontline service especially with GWR who are my local HST operator I thought it would be a good idea to create a feed of pictures of this great loco and coaches.

 

Here’s a few more pictures I’ve taken recently

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how I remember them best!

An Aberdeen-KX cl.254 (with twin dining cars) pulls in to Kirkcaldy, June 1983

 

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Trying, not very successfully, to get a shot of the whole train - going round the curve in to Inverkeithing

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Going on the train to anywhere was always a bit of a treat but when the 125s appeared, it was taken to another level - they were like space-age luxury compared to a rattling DMU!

 

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how I remember them best!

An Aberdeen-KX cl.254 (with twin dining cars) pulls in to Kirkcaldy, June 1983

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Trying, not very successfully, to get a shot of the whole train - going round the curve in to Inverkeithing

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going on the train to anywhere was always a bit of a treat but when the 125s appeared, it was taken to another level - they were like space-age luxury compared to a rattling DMU :)

Ah that first pic brings back memories - the good ol' days when trains didn't have central door locking so the 'slam' doors* could swing open without warning and take out anybody not standing behind the yellow line** ...... yes life was so dangerous it's amazing anybody's still around to remember it !!?!

 

* not that the term had been invented, of course 

** imaginary at that date

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THE FLYING BANANA AKA NETWORK RAILS NEW MEASUREMENT TRAIN PASSES ALONG THE EMBANKMENT NEAR LAIRA JUNCTION LAST OCT 20TH ON THE READING TRIANGLE TO PAIGNTON ROUTE.

 

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HSTs spelled trhe end of lots of loco-hauled trains, despite being very pretty, really didn't float my boat at the time.

 

So, I only have a couple of photos from 1980/81 ish.

 

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I can never remeber which bridge is which in Newcastle. The London end, I think!

 

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Poking into the sunshine (very rare) at Newcastle Central, same sort of date.

 

Edited 'cos I pressed 'Post' too soon.

 

Regards

 

Ian

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I agree Ian, I used to hate HSTs ,I was always looking for loco haulage too , but with the passage of time and the loss of favourite classes of loco , the real style of HSTs shone through especially for me in blue / grey and fitted with Valentas ......

I think that even in the gaudy liveries of today they still stand out but then again I suppose real styling always catches the eye .

I like them very much , a hard act to follow .....

Loving these pictures.

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Sunday 5th July 1981. W43024 on the rear of 253 012 formed W43024/25, 41026/25, 40012, 42038/37/36, 44012, departing Paddington on the 07.45 to Weston-S-M.

 

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Power Car W43046 in set 253 023 leaving Bristol Temple Meads with the 17.40 to Paddington on 21.04.79. Full formation on this date - W43046/47, 41047/48, 40308, 42070/71/69/106.

 

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Hello All

 

A couple taken from the summer of 1993, the first one is from the footbridge in to Cardiff Canton Depot.

 

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The second one is at Cardiff Central.

 

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Thanks

SEEYA
ANT

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Not the best of photos, but I was in a hurry to get both these units in the frame at the same time. 

 

252001 and 253005 at Swindon, on 19th October 1976.

 

 

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In the distance, behind the signal on the left, can be seen some class 24s waiting to be towed into the works for cutting up.  

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Proper livery, Peter? Seems to be lacking some red and white stripes and a chromed swallow ;-)

Nice pic though nonetheless

 

Jo

 

I remember attending Crewe Works Open Day in the early 1970s and the very first power car was on show, but it was not in blue and yellow, what later was the blue upper body and diagonal stripe over the grill was black on the first power car, I am not sure if this colour scheme made it out of the works or whether it was changed to blue before release, but the postage stamp released at that time showed this colour scheme.  Anyone else remember this?

 

EDIT - found a photo to confirm - https://www.flickr.com/photos/14581588@N05/7272237276

 

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Jim

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