RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted June 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2018 (edited) 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 Edited January 6 by GWRPhil Update title 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted June 7, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2018 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 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted June 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2018 (edited) how I remember them best! An Aberdeen-KX cl.254 (with twin dining cars) pulls in to Kirkcaldy, June 1983  Trying, not very successfully, to get a shot of the whole train - going round the curve in to Inverkeithing  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!  Edited February 28, 2023 by keefer 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 how I remember them best! An Aberdeen-KX cl.254 (with twin dining cars) pulls in to Kirkcaldy, June 1983 hst1.jpg  Trying, not very successfully, to get a shot of the whole train - going round the curve in to Inverkeithing hst2.jpg   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 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted June 7, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2018 1225 PLYMOUTH TO GLASGOW CENTRAL PASSES LAIRA JUNCTION TODAY Â 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted June 7, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2018 FGW/GWR hst passes along the embankment today heading towards laira junction  FGW livery power cars and gwr livery coaches  4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted June 7, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2018 FGW HST PASSES LAIRA JUNCTION HEADING FOR TAVISTOCK JUNCTION AND ONTO PADDIONGTON Â 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted June 7, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2018 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. Â 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted June 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2018 (edited) 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.   I can never remeber which bridge is which in Newcastle. The London end, I think!   Poking into the sunshine (very rare) at Newcastle Central, same sort of date.  Edited 'cos I pressed 'Post' too soon.  Regards  Ian Edited June 7, 2018 by Ian Smeeton 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy280472 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 (edited) A couple of recent ones from me; one at Padd and the other KX. Â Must say I prefer the FGW livery to the rather gaudy Virgin one. Â Â Edited June 7, 2018 by Peter Kazmierczak 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted June 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2018 (edited) I shall throw these three into the mix.    and   Enjoy.  Terry Edited June 7, 2018 by Trainshed Terry 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Commoner Posted June 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2018 (edited) Sunday 5th July 1981. W43024Â 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. Â Â Â 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. Â Â Edited March 30, 2021 by Commoner 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimble Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018  First up, on unusual metals, coming towards Pirbright Junction, heading towards Waterloo when Reading was closed for refurbishment   and earlier this year at South Stoke 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANT Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Hello All  A couple taken from the summer of 1993, the first one is from the footbridge in to Cardiff Canton Depot.   The second one is at Cardiff Central.   Thanks SEEYAANT 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew s Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Reading, August 1989. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGJ Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 An early power car  8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGJ Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 43003 at Paignton / Exeter    9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 And to think they were only meant as a stop gap what a loco they turned out to be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 And to think they were only meant as a stop gap what a loco they turned out to be  Or power car...……….. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGJ Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 43005 Â 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Back to the days when HSTs were in a proper livery........... Sorry about the unseasonal weather though. Â A Sheffield - St Pancras service approaches Spondon. Note the ex-MR signal in the sidings on the left. Â Â Â 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Proper livery, Peter? Seems to be lacking some red and white stripes and a chromed swallow ;-) Nice pic though nonetheless  Jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 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.    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.  17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) 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   Jim Edited June 13, 2018 by luckymucklebackit 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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