43208, GR 13.06 London King`s Cross-York (1N85, 11L) & 82212, GR 13.30 London King`s Cross-Edinburgh (1S19, 8L), London King`s Cross station
The windscreen of 43208 gets a wash to remove the
summer detritus of dead flies at King's Cross. The HST will form the 13.06 1N85 'stopper' to York. A service that requires fast acceleration between stops to maintain quite tight timings is ably handled by an HST but these services will soon go to Azuma operation. Next to the HST 82212 will be at the rear of the 1S19 13.30 to Edinburgh. Within three weeks of this picture being taken, Azumas will start to operate these Anglo-Scottish services. For those who remember King's Cross station of old with its heavily pollution stained glazing and stonework, the environment of today is a massive improvement.