Image 43175, GW 11.30 London Paddington-Bristol Temple Meads, Bath Spa station
43175, GW 11.30 London Paddington-Bristol Temple Meads, Bath Spa station
43175, GW 11.30 London Paddington-Bristol Temple Meads, Bath Spa station The 11.30 Paddington to Bristol HST service arrives at Bath Spa with power car 43175 'GWR 175th Anniversary' leading. This scene is one to cherish as the arrival of the electrification masts and wiring will ruin this view when the programme is completed. This scene bears some similarities to a photograph that I took nearly forty years ago but then the motive power was a little different, see.... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/24037709804/b578-bath-spa-station NB Of course, my comments above about the forthcoming electrification have not come to pass with the decision to stop the wires at Thingley Junction some ten miles to the east of Bath (SCR, 2023). Keywords: 43175 11.30 London Paddington-Bristol Temple Meads Bath Spa station FGW First Great Western HST GWR 175th Anniversary
43175, GW 11.30 London Paddington-Bristol Temple Meads, Bath Spa station The 11.30 Paddington to Bristol HST service arrives at Bath Spa with power car 43175 'GWR 175th Anniversary' leading. This scene is one to cherish as the arrival of the electrification masts and wiring will ruin this view when the programme is completed. This scene bears some similarities to a photograph that I took nearly forty years ago but then the motive power was a little different, see.... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/24037709804/b578-bath-spa-station NB Of course, my comments above about the forthcoming electrification have not come to pass with the decision to stop the wires at Thingley Junction some ten miles to the east of Bath (SCR, 2023). Keywords: 43175 11.30 London Paddington-Bristol Temple Meads Bath Spa station FGW First Great Western HST GWR 175th Anniversary


The 11.30 Paddington to Bristol HST service arrives at Bath Spa with power car 43175 'GWR 175th Anniversary' leading. This scene is one to cherish as the arrival of the electrification masts and wiring will ruin this view when the programme is completed. This scene bears some similarities to a photograph that I took nearly forty years ago but then the motive power was a little different, see.... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/24037709804/b578-bath-spa-station

NB Of course, my comments above about the forthcoming electrification have not come to pass with the decision to stop the wires at Thingley Junction some ten miles to the east of Bath (SCR, 2023).