With Hull Trains still having major problems with the availability

of its class 180 DMUs (themselves cast-offs from First Great Western), they are forced into hiring in ex Great Western HSTs from Angel Trains! How ironic that despite the intense heat and the heavy work that is expected of them, these evergreen HSTs are still able to get on with the job far more reliably than the glorified DMUs less than half their age! 43027 (of the former Western region set 253013) waits at the rear of the 18.48 departure to Hull.