The gasometers just north of St. Pancras station were visual features of the area for many years and look to be, in this image at least, to be in good condition. Today these iconic structures live on with them being at the core of some very upmarket flats and apartments with one even surrounding a park and recreation area. Back when this image was taken this rather run-down part of North London was one avoided by most but the gentrified transformation of this area is now quite extraordinary helped in no small part by the rebuilding of St. Pancras station itself in the early 2000s. In this view, the 16.03 Luton to St. Pancras service arrives at its destination being worked by a pair of the excellent but by now virtually life expired Class 127 DMUs.
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