My first HST journey was just two weeks after they started service from Paddington to Weston Super Mare. I remember being slightly disappointed that I wasn’t on set 253008 which was the one featured on the posters but my abiding problematic memory was of the smell from the brakes.
As a teenager lucky enough to be travelling in first class on a priv ticket I was bowled over by the experience however I remember thinking then that the bright orange upholstery wouldn’t stay bright and clean for too long which is exactly what happened.
As a teenager lucky enough to be travelling in first class on a priv ticket I was bowled over by the experience however I remember thinking then that the bright orange upholstery wouldn’t stay bright and clean for too long which is exactly what happened.