I believe that the word ‘Iconic’ has become much overused in our language,
being trotted out daily in the media to mark some insignificant event.
I think for something to be truly iconic, it should be meaningful and lasting.
The HST as been just that.
Born out of the necessity for finding something to replace the Advanced Passenger Train which was years before its time.
Now approaching their final days, the class 43s have stood the test of time.
I think that it will live in the collective memory like Sir Nigel Gresley’s A4 or Sir William Stanier’s Black Five before it.
Friend Peter Rose and I have been photographing HSTs for many years and this short series of blogs are our joint tribute to it.
43144 ‘First Great Western’, BUILDING A GREATER WEST.
BREL Crewe built Diesel Electric Power Car
on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Pictured approaching Dawlish station on a London bound service.
43307 ‘East Midland Railway’.
BREL Crewe built Diesel Electric Power Car
on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Pictured travelling south, approaching Trowell Cross Junction, Derbyshire.
43303 ‘Cross Country’.
BREL Crewe built Diesel Electric Power Car
on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Pictured entering Derby station.
43185 ‘Great Western Railway’, InterCity.
BREL Crewe built Diesel Electric Power Car
on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Pictured entering Westbury station.
43194 ‘Great Western Railway’.
BREL Crewe built Diesel Electric Power Car
on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
The coaches it is hauling are painted in the old ‘First Great Western’ Dynamic Lights livery.
Pictured entering Newton Abbot station.
43052 ‘EAST MIDLANDS TRAINS’.
BREL Crewe built Diesel Electric Power Car
on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
Pictured in Nottingham station.
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