I had been on Kettering station for just under an hour and this was the first HST service that passed the station. The 10.15 St. Pancras to Nottingham sweeps through platform four with power car 43066 leading. As part of Eastern Region set 254006 this power car started its life late 1977 on the ECML for testing purposes. It was this set that formed the second official '125' service on the line working the 07.40 King’s Cross-Newcastle on 08.05.78. It later moved to the Midland Mainline in the mid to late 1980s.
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