Buffer fitted 43468 leads Grand Central's 14.12 Sunderland to King's Cross HST service past Frinkley Lane crossing just short distance south of Claypole. Much as I understand why buffer beams were fitted to some HST power cars in the late 1980s due to the late delivery of DVTs to the ECML they really do nothing for the aesthetics of the clean and uncluttered design of the power cars.
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