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HST (IC 125) of Midland Mainline seen awaiting departure at London-St Pancras.
Power car 43184, ex-Virgin Cross Country, hence its black-red livery. Upon transfer, all Virgin labels and logos have gone, though. London-St Pancras. 3rd October 2003.
P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr). |
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HST (IC 125) of Midland Mainline seen awaiting departure at London-St Pancras.
Trailers in original MML livery, with ex-Virgin Cross Country power cars, displaced by Class 220s and 221s, and required by MML for "Project Rio" (alternative services running on London St Pancras-Manchester Piccadilly via Leicester, in an attempt to mitigate blockades on the WCML). London-St Pancras. 3rd October 2003.
P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr). |
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HST Power Car 43197, named after the long established publication 'The Railway Magazine', idles its time prior to taking out its next train at London's St Pancras station. This loco previously ran for Virgin and you can see where the the logo has been covered up. As a result of major engineering work on the West Coast Main Line services to Manchester are currently operating out of St.Pancras using Midland Mainline facilities. Date June 14th 2003.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com |
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