Lovely trains these HST's were. I remember them being loud as heck when I was a kid growing up in the 1980's but I loved them and they were very comfortable. Wish I had the space and the funds to own a real one as a full set.
Notice that neither livery has the orange stripe at the top, despite being on an electrified line. The preserved set in blue and grey has had it added.
Indeed. I wondered if it was something that was added when they switched away from blue-grey but no, the "old" Inter-City livery doesn't have it either. Maybe they added it with Swallow?
@@K-o-R They probably added it when the east coast was fully electrified, AC electric locos had them by about 1980 also apparently 253001 HST set had the cantrail in 1978, happy to be corrected though .
Loved the scream of the Valenta engine in the HSTs, marvelous stuff
Lovely trains these HST's were. I remember them being loud as heck when I was a kid growing up in the 1980's but I loved them and they were very comfortable. Wish I had the space and the funds to own a real one as a full set.
ahhh... Paxman Valentas :-)
Proper HST sound! lol
Notice that neither livery has the orange stripe at the top, despite being on an electrified line. The preserved set in blue and grey has had it added.
No Cant lines in them days
Indeed. I wondered if it was something that was added when they switched away from blue-grey but no, the "old" Inter-City livery doesn't have it either. Maybe they added it with Swallow?
@@K-o-R They probably added it when the east coast was fully electrified, AC electric locos had them by about 1980 also apparently 253001 HST set had the cantrail in 1978, happy to be corrected though .
The days when everyone waved out of train windows as they headed off to that there London
That's what an Intercity 125 should sound like- real Valentas, not MTU engines.