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Virgin Trains Class 43 (HST). 43007, with 43154 bringing up the rear, thunders through the South Lanarkshire countryside at Abington with the 1V52, 11:20 Glasgow Central - Penzance Virgin Trains service on Wed 15th Sept 1999 at 12:00. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk) Website: http://wkweb4.cableinet.co.uk/aos/photography

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Virgin Cross Country Class 43. 43071 (with 43065 on the rear) stands at Warrington Bank Quay with an unidentified southbound Virgin Trains service on Friday 17th April 1998 at 13:09. The consist of this train is - 43071+44075+42239+42238+42237+42330+40420+41081+43065. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk).

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Class 43 (HST Power Car 078, The Golowan Festival) forming a Virgin XC Service at Wolverhampton waiting to depart for Birmingham New Street on 14th July. This train was held because of a de-railment of a frieght service earlier that day Photo by Kevin Marshall e-mail: kevincm@hotmail.com

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Virgin Trains (XC) Class 43 (HST). 43079 arrives at Carlisle with an unidentified Virgin Trains service bound for Glasgow on on Wed 28th Oct 1998 at 09:23. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk) Pentax P30n, 28-80mm lense at 1/250sec @ F3.5 using Kodak Gold 400 film.

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Virgin Trains (XC) Class 43 HST. 43091, with 43195 at the rear, departs Glasgow Central with an unidentified Virgin Trains service on Wed 14th Oct 1998. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk)

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Virgin Trains (XC) Class 43 HST. 43091 (with 43007 on the rear) passes through Slateford station, Edinburgh with the IV57, 09:10 Aberdeen - Plymouth Virgin Trains Service on Tue 15th Dec 1998. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk)

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Virgin Trains (XC) Class 43 (HST). 43097, with 43102 at the rear, passes through Slateford, Edinburgh, with the 1V57, 09:10 Aberdeen - Plymouth Virgin Trains service on Tuesday 7th July 1998 at 11:58. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk)

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Virgin Crosscountry 43 0xx passes the Durham Viaduct on 12 April 2000, with an unidentified Virgin HST 2+7 rake. Photo by alex lu (lexcie@innocent.com, http://www.lexcie.zetnet.co.uk/)

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Virgin Cross Country Class 43. 43157 (with 43158 on the rear) is seen arriving at Warrington Bank Quay with an unidentified northbound Virgin Trains service on Friday 17th April 1998 at 12:51. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk).

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Virgin XC Class 43 (HST) 43161 (with 43160 on rear) passes through Slateford station, Edinburgh with the 1V57 09:10 Edinburgh - Aberdeen - Plymouth Virgin XC service on Fri 20-Feb-98 at 11:56. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk).

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Virgin Trains (XC) Class 43 HST. 43195, with 43157 on the rear, stands at Birmingham International with an unidentified southbound Virgin Trains service on Sat 7th Nov 1998. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk)

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A Virgin Cross Country HST at Warrington Bank Quay in July 1998. Photo and scan by Anthony Rispoli (anthony@rispoli.freeserve.co.uk)