Wearing its unique graphics 91101 looks very smart as it

sits at King's Cross leading the 18.00 to Edinburgh Waverley. A 91001, this locomotive was one of the three first built during April 1988 entering service a year later after exhaustive testing and the rectification of a number of technical issues. However, since then they have proved well up to the job of operating fast and heavy trains up and down the ECML, especially since their extensive re-builds in the early 2000s. However, the curtain is about to come down on these fine trains with the Azuma take-over due for completion over the next few months.