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Class 43 LNER Farewell Railtour Dec 2019
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DarloRich
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Really enjoyed the tour today. Very well run and lots of friendly staff on board. Luckily not to many silly spotters!
trainmania100
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All the silly spotters are probably at school or college!
leightonbd
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These pix won’t win prizes; but I was pleased to have the chance to see this vision from my university visits many years ago (and 10,000 miles behind it this year). Respect.
trainmania100
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They're all lovely pics, esp the bottom two in my opinion. Glad you saw it, wish I could haha
253 003 (43206) by kieron mathews, on Flickr
254 029 (43312) by kieron mathews, on Flickrheres mine from Newcastle today
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Who is funding it?
have to say iam so impressed with the effort and care that has gone into the final journeys of the 125s on LNER.
Much better than what GWR did thats for sure
have to say iam so impressed with the effort and care that has gone into the final journeys of the 125s on LNER.
Much better than what GWR did thats for sure
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Hopefully it will visit a few diesel galas at Railways
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don't think that is fair tbh - I had loads of trips to different destinations on GWR in run up to the end - all organised deliberately for HST daigrams - plus a big send off day at Paddington and a tour not unlike this - sans paint job...
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It wont
The Russians? LNER I assume. It is a charity do.
It looked fantastic. The depot guys did a great job bulling it up. I saw people cleaning it at various station stops.
All hand painted
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I bet they’ll be available through LNER Customer Services/Public Relations or similar.
Passing Frinkley Lane between Newark and Grantham
That Was the Age of the Train by Matt Spencer, on Flickr
That Was the Age of the Train by Matt Spencer, on Flickr
Great photo Matt.Passing Frinkley Lane between Newark and Grantham
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Power cars painted by a company called Heritage Painting, and all credit to them for a magnificent job.
Credit also due to the team at Neville Hill depot who turned both power cars on the turntable last night so that the proper ER 254 power car was London end.
Deepgreen
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What a lot of people out today! I had intended to make a bit of a day of it and do a cycle ride including going to Welwyn viaduct for the main event, but a combination of train cancellations and much-worse-than-forecast weather meant a simple out-and-back to Hitchin in dank weather. The set seemed to glow even in the poor light! A superb job, but for those who've picked up on the uneven gaps above and below the windows, they're right - the originals had equal gaps. Doesn't matter - what an amazing job for, effectively, a few days' service.
Note the flush windows on the first coach and the very young fan to the left. There was much two-tone horn sounding approaching Hitchin!
Note the flush windows on the first coach and the very young fan to the left. There was much two-tone horn sounding approaching Hitchin!
Royston Vasey
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Love what they've done with the headlight clusters as well... very close look to original
I mean the whole thing is amazing but I must admit I was seriously impressed by that little bit of detail work.
crosscity
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I think that's a bit unfair. The last four service departures within half an hour from platforms 1 to 4 at Paddington with the last one having the first and last production power cars was a tremendous show and a fitting tribute.
These LNER tours were a different kettle of fish. The superbly turned out set was fantastic. Hats off to both GWR and LNER for putting in the effort to produce two different celebrations of a wonderful piece of railway engineering.
DarloRich
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I know heritage painting. Very good work!
Deepgreen
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For completeness - the 253 as well...
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Indeed. They painted the two 125 Group Mark 3s into Swallow livery and it is a super job they’ve done.
DarloRich
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Very good workmanship. Tried hard to get them to do some work for me professionally but couldn't sadly.
The paint scheme on the carriage doors doesn't meet disability legislation. Plus Power Cars/Coaches will invariably get chopped and changed around.
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Craigentinny had new ones made from the original drawings, I believe.
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