European Railroad Discussion > A design icon

Not too long ago we did design attractive looking trains, luckily some are still in service today. These were taken yesterday at Newport and Parson Street, Bristol.

1: My first ride in a Castle class HST, I only went three stops but it reminded me how classy the Mk 3 HST trailers are, even with the First Great Western seat density.

2: Another GW mini HST on the 13:00 Cardiff to Penzance long distance local service. Parson Street and its neighbour Bedminster are two of the small number of stations where these trains don't routinely stop.

3: And finally two BR design icons in one, the full size XC HST is on the 1S51 12:27 Plymouth to Edinburgh (arr 21:09) whilst DC Rail's 60046 William Wilberforce is waiting to leave Bristol FLT on 6Z24 to Willesden. Until 2017 DC Rail was part of Ed Ellis's Iowa Pacific empire, it's now supported by the civil engineering contractor, Cappagh Group.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/22/21 15:47 by 86235.

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All are excellent; most especially like Photo 2.
Thanks for your photo posting.
ALLEN

86235 Wrote:
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> Not too long ago we did design attractive looking
> trains, luckily some are still in service today.
> These were taken yesterday at Newport and Parson
> Street, Bristol.
>
> 1: My first ride in a Castle class HST, I only
> went three stops but it reminded me how classy the
> Mk 3 HST trailers are, even with the First Great
> Western seat density.
>
> 2: Another GW mini HST on the 13:00 Cardiff to
> Penzance long distance local service. Parson
> Street and its neighbour Bedminster are two of the
> small number of stations where these trains don't
> routinely stop.
>
> 3: And finally two BR design icons in one, the
> full size XC HST is on the 1S51 12:27 Plymouth to
> Edinburgh (arr 21:09) whilst DC Rail's 60046
> William Wilberforce is waiting to leave Bristol
> FLT on 6Z24 to Willesden. Until 2017 DC Rail was
> part of Ed Ellis's Iowa Pacific empire, it's now
> supported by the civil engineering contractor,
> Cappagh Group.

Nice shots; at least we still have some HSTs and those 'Castle' sets can really shift!

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I like how those GWR HSTs look. Very classy. Thanks for sharing.

Always good to see the HSTs in service, Nick. We get a couple of Cross Countrys a day where I live, but sadly the East Midland ones are about to finish. Last Sunday, both celebrity power cars were on a Leeds to St Pancras working.  chris uk

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55002 Wrote:
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> Always good to see the HSTs in service, Nick. We
> get a couple of Cross Countrys a day where I live,
> but sadly the East Midland ones are about to
> finish. Last Sunday, both celebrity power cars
> were on a Leeds to St Pancras working.  chris uk

As I understand, the two celebrity power cars are intended to work the last ever diagram if all goes to plan.

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55002 Wrote:
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> Always good to see the HSTs in service, Nick. We
> get a couple of Cross Countrys a day where I live,
> but sadly the East Midland ones are about to
> finish. Last Sunday, both celebrity power cars
> were on a Leeds to St Pancras working.  chris uk

That's nice, don't expect I'll get to see the EMR HSTs which is a pity.