Does anyone else miss the NOISY old HSTs?

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[caliwag]

Anyone know the timings of the Cross Country 125 sets that venture into the West Country? I assume they are Newcastle/Plymouth trains.

[paul7575]

Anyone know the timings of the Cross Country 125 sets that venture into the West Country? I assume they are Newcastle/Plymouth trains.

They are from everywhere except Newcastle in fact!

Southbound
0600 Leeds - 0812 New St - 1156 Plymouth
0632 York -0912 New St - 1256 Plymouth
0608 Edin - 1112 New St - 1456 Plymouth
0632 Dundee - 1312 New St - 1653 Plymouth

Northbound
1221 Plymouth - 1603 New St - 2235 Glasgow
1321 Plymouth - 1703 New St - 2222 Edinburgh
1521 Plymouth - 1903 New St - 2149 York
1721 Plymouth - 2103 New St - 2331 Leeds

IIRC^▸ (if I recall/remember/read correctly) I originally worked out the above info by comparison of the XC^▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) and FGW^▸ (First Great Western) timetables, the latter shows the traction type! Weekends are somewhat different, but variable at the moment due to engineering works.

Paul

[caliwag]

That's excellent...many many thanks. I live in York, son lives in Falmouth and whilst I enjoy the Yk-Kx-Padd-Truro run on 125s...thought I'd like to try CC...will report back, cheers. Jim

[devon_metro]

1521 only goes to Leeds

[caliwag]

That's interesting...current CC pamphlet picked up today from York indicates york arrival as 2139...stop. If it does then I assume it goes back to Leeds empty stock!
Will let you know

[paul7575]

That's interesting...current CC pamphlet picked up today from York indicates york arrival as 2139...stop. If it does then I assume it goes back to Leeds empty stock!
Will let you know

My hard copy 'orange' and 'green' timetables both show York, but the online version of 'orange' shows it terminating at Leeds, 'green' at York. 

Must have been a change after going to print...

Paul

[caliwag]

Can only report today's journeys...York-Birmingham and return...both 125 sets. Excellent, comfortable runs...no buffet mind, but trolleys.
Amazingly the return North (16.03 B New St) runs to Glasgow central.

BTW^▸ (by the way), they weren't noisy but pretty rock and rolly!

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perhaps a table seat?

[thetrout]

I think your cheating again Relex ...!

That looks suspiciously like a MKII design...

[stebbo]

Remember their contempories like the 40 and 45 weighed in at well over 100 tonnes but the 40s were about the same horsepower and the 45 around 500 hp more and both classes had to be carried on 4 axle bogies and were pushed to get to 90.

Ah, but the acceleration of the Peaks from low speeds............. I remember a Class 45 working a Bank Holiday relief (remember them?) from Kidderminster/Worcs/Oxford off the Didcot east curve easing past an HST^▸ (High Speed Train) accelerating out of Didcot back in the late 70s (the 45 had been slowed by the signals). Took the HST a while to catch up.

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I think your cheating again Relex ...!

That looks suspiciously like a MKII design...

Well it's fgw :-)

[thetrout]

Is that perhaps a Buffet Car then...? Or a BSO^▸ (Brake Standard Open (carriage))

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Is that perhaps a Buffet Car then...? Or a BSO^▸ (Brake Standard Open (carriage))

its not a buffet they were generally incorperated into the first class coaches but it is the guards van more pictures on my flikr account

[stebbo]

Please don't post pictures like this. The sight of all those lovely comfy seats and the tables, oh the tables.......

[Not from Brighton]

Yes please don't post any more of these, they remind me of hellish loco-hauled "intercity" cross country trips.