Charles Dickens wrote 'A Tale of Two Cities,' so what about 'A Tale of two HSTs'? 43131 was part of a later batch of HSTs delivered to the Western Region in 1981 in order to introduce the South West services into Devon and Cornwall. Initially, it was part of set 253031. 43191, as part of the last batch of new build HSTs, was delivered in the summer of 1982 for the north east to south west cross-country route. This power car was part of the very final set 253055. Both these power cars are seen at Swindon station on up and down services, the 1L46 and 1C09 respectively.
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