Grand Central still operate a fleet of Class 180 DMUs on all of their services to and from London King's Cross. How long they will maintain this is unclear but surely time must nearly be up for these units that are getting on for twenty-five years old? 180105 passes Ickleford just north of Hitchin working the 1D12 08.53 Sunderland to Ling's Cross service. With their Cummins QSK19-R engines at full chat, this train could be heard some considerable distance away long before it actually became visible down the line!
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