Compared with other trains on the ECML the ageing Class 180 Adelantes are beginning to look a little out of place! They are the ultimate in hand-me-downs having been all over the country in the hands of various operators since their introduction some twenty-three years ago. 180108 ‘William Shakespeare’ heads north past Sandy’s New Zealand bridge working Grand Central’s 07.51 King’s Cross to Eaglescliffe service. I am not sure as to why this service was terminating at Eaglescliffe on this day, perhaps engineering works precluded it from working any further north with the dreaded bustitution in place for the hapless passengers aboard!
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