I guess all those photographers are waiting for a TPE 68 and are just photting the HST to fill in time.Bit of a scrum at York!
LNER HST farewell tour, 21/12/19.
I guess all those photographers are waiting for a TPE 68 and are just photting the HST to fill in time.
Isn’t it going south for store too? Anyone have any details of that yet?
Correct.There’s a path in to Ely early morning on New Years Eve, that could be it
0441 Craigentinny to Ely on 31/01Isn’t it going south for store too? Anyone have any details of that yet?
Bit of a scrum at York!
LNER HST farewell tour, 21/12/19.
It is the classic "under the roof at York" shot though!
Depending on what happens next year Crosscountry or EMR will be the last operators of full length HST's, they will really have to up their game come retirement time.
It's almost certain to be XC last for full-length HSTs, they've got no firm plans to replace their now PRM compliant HSTs, which have just been upgraded at considerable expense, so they've got (say) 5-10 years life.
EMR's ex-LNER HSTs (which should replace the current EMR HSTs in the next few months) only have a very short projected lifetime and are due to go as soon as the Corby electrification is up and running, in theory during 2020 but knowing how these things go, could well be 2021.
EMR's 804's aren't coming into service until 2022, LNER HST's will be in service up until then from what I've been told. And as for XC it depends the franchise is up for renewal next year, potentially a new operator could replace all the HST's with IET's, more voyagers etc.
No controversy about it. The plan is that the HSTs go when Corby is wired and the new timetable is introduced. The number of vehicles between the 180s and 222s is remarkably similar to the number of new vehicles that replaces them.There's a bit of controversy as to whether EMR will retain HST's beyond the end of next year. Modern Railways a couple of months ago suggested they might use EMU's from Corby to stretch the Meridians and 180's to cover all IC services North of Kettering.
No controversy about it. The plan is that the HSTs go when Corby is wired and the new timetable is introduced. The number of vehicles between the 180s and 222s is remarkably similar to the number of new vehicles that replaces them.
Brilliant images, looks resplendent.my photos from Kings cross
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43006 by john brace, on Flickr
43112 by john brace, on Flickr
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my photos from Kings cross
43112[/url] by john brace, on Flickr[/IMG]
43006 by john brace, on Flickr
43112 by john brace, on Flickr
more to be seen here https://www.flickr.com/photos/queenfanjohn/albums/72157712315637047
Excellent shot. Could you grab lunch at LEON in 1978?
Brilliant images, looks resplendent.
Excellent shot. Could you grab lunch at LEON in 1978?
Perhaps someone could photoshop in the old bar that used to be around there !
Wasn't that a branch of Gingham's restaurant back in those days? ( They had one at Paddington as well, where WHS is now ).
Thought you might like to see the video I made of the final day of the Let's Go Round Again railtour:
I thought the set looked fantastic, it's such a shame that it is now stored.
I thought it was odd too - especially as a song and dance was being made about the accuracy of the job. The power cars were painted by Heritage Painting at Edinburgh Craigentinny with the trailers outshopped by Wabtec at Doncaster.It's an interesting thing about the lower extent of the grey/white paint line on the trailers - comparison with the power cars shows the difference in position and reference to photos shows the space below and above the windows was equal in the originals. I wonder if the power cars and trailers were done separately such that no direct comparison was available? It doesn't detract from the superb quality of the result, of course - it's just odd given the huge reference resource available. One would assume the natural inclination would be go for equal spacing if guessing.
It did look excellent. I wonder what the business case for the painting was - it may have attracted some extra paying passengers in the special paint scheme but were there really many more than would have been the case in LNER livery? Of course, there's a degree of goodwill and publicity involved, but almost all only within the enthusiast sector.