Image 43188, GW 15.03 London Paddington-Penzance (1C86, 2E), London Paddington station
43188, GW 15.03 London Paddington-Penzance (1C86, 2E), London Paddington station
43188, GW 15.03 London Paddington-Penzance (1C86, 2E), London Paddington station During an hour or so at London Paddington, this was the only HST I saw such has been the virtually complete take-over by the class 800 IETs. Unless I visit again in the next few weeks, I suspect that this will be the last time I will see one there. Who would ever have thought that I might mourn their absence when one remembers what they themselves ousted in the 1970s and 1980s where introduced and dubbed as the 'flying banana'! 43188 with its Welsh dragon vinyls stands at the rear of the 15.03 to Penzance still running and advertised as 'The Cornishman'. 43188 was part of the final delivery of HSTs from the summer of 1982 being one power car of 253053 that saw initial service on the NE/SW route. Keywords: 43188 15.03 London Paddington-Penzance 1C86 London Paddington station
43188, GW 15.03 London Paddington-Penzance (1C86, 2E), London Paddington station During an hour or so at London Paddington, this was the only HST I saw such has been the virtually complete take-over by the class 800 IETs. Unless I visit again in the next few weeks, I suspect that this will be the last time I will see one there. Who would ever have thought that I might mourn their absence when one remembers what they themselves ousted in the 1970s and 1980s where introduced and dubbed as the 'flying banana'! 43188 with its Welsh dragon vinyls stands at the rear of the 15.03 to Penzance still running and advertised as 'The Cornishman'. 43188 was part of the final delivery of HSTs from the summer of 1982 being one power car of 253053 that saw initial service on the NE/SW route. Keywords: 43188 15.03 London Paddington-Penzance 1C86 London Paddington station


During an hour or so at London Paddington, this was

the only HST I saw such has been the virtually complete take-over by the class 800 IETs. Unless I visit again in the next few weeks, I suspect that this will be the last time I will see one there. Who would ever have thought that I might mourn their absence when one remembers what they themselves ousted in the 1970s and 1980s where introduced and dubbed as the 'flying banana'! 43188 with its Welsh dragon vinyls stands at the rear of the 15.03 to Penzance still running and advertised as 'The Cornishman'. 43188 was part of the final delivery of HSTs from the summer of 1982 being one power car of 253053 that saw initial service on the NE/SW route.