142001 prepares to couple to a
class mate at Exeter TMD
An HST
departs Exeter St Davids with the 0957 to London
Paddington
The
"Flying Banana" Network Rail Measurement HST
flies through Newton Abbot with the Plymouth-Paddington
measurement train
142028 and a fellow 142 offload
passengers at Newton Abbot with a Paignton - Exmouth
local service
43166 accelerates away from
Cheltenham Spa with 9S66 0830 Penzance - Dundee
A FGW HST reverses and heads
towards Cheltenham Spa at Gloucester
A class 170 on a Cardiff-Nottingham
service passes an HST at Gloucester
150227 has the honours of working a
Cheltenham - Maesteg Arriva stopping service
An Arriva 158 at Gloucester with a
service for Cheltenham
170108 departs Newport with a
Nottingham - Cardiff service
Recently refurbished 150232 slows
for Newport with the 1500 Cardiff-Taunton
An HST offloads at Newport
with a service from London
A 175 accelerates out of Newport
with a service for west Wales
An HST sits next to FGW headquarters
at Swindon
Swindon is home of First Great
Western, and the HST!
An early HST sits at Swindon waiting
to embark on its journey up the Golden valley to
Cheltenham
153329 having terminated at Bristol
Parkway having worked a Weston SM - Bristol Parkway
service
An early running Swansea train waits
for departure at Bristol Parkway
43301, released from brush two days
before, works 9V65 1205 Edinburgh - Plymouth for Cross
Country arriving into Bristol Parkway
43104 was on the rear, seen here at
Plymouth
A view of the side of 43301
The set leaves ECS for Laira
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