I could not resist a broadside of HST power car 43185 'Great Western' at Paddington station. The IC swallow livery is a pretty good version of the one applied when these units were operated by BR in the 1980s. The swllow era was probably the zenith of BR's passenger operations when fast, smart and relatively new IC services were operated and were just what the privateers had their eyes on with their talons ready when the Major government passed the privatisation act in 1993.
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