It wasn't too bad a programme about the history of the HST. There were a few inaccuracies though:
- It claimed the HST prototype set the 143mph speed record on a test track, when it set it on the East Coast Main Line between York and Thirsk
- It erroneously claimed that the High Speed Train invented the concept of a train operating with power cars at either end of its formation - when the idea had been tried before on the 1960s Blue Pullman sets and it also hid the fact that the APT had power cars at both ends
- They didn't mention that the APT was also affected by the same dispute with the unions regarding the safety of a train travelling at speeds of 100mph+ with only one driver.
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