Cross Country bash 15th August.

Here you will find my photos of my trip to Sheffield via Bristol to try another attempt to travel on the AXC HST before it goes all MTU.

43170 idling at London Paddington.
A member of dispatch staff watching if the train departs with no problems.
43186 enjoys the company of 43185 whilst they wait for their next duties.
A Arriva Cross Country Voyager, approaches Bristol Parkway.
A fGW set in reverse formation approaches Bristol Parkway after waiting for that Voyager to depart.
220027 on the sharp curve at Bristol Temple Meads as it waits to depart for Newcastle.
43104 causes excitement all over place when it shows itself at Bristol Temple Meads.
43104 just idling at Bristol.
Westerleigh Curve as seen from the HST.
66719 waiting outside of Birmingham New Street.
66552 idling whilst we curve round heading for Derby.
After a hellfire trip, we leave 43104 at Sheffield. To move onto 43043.
66178 departs a check at Chesterfield.
66304 powering through Chesterfield with the newly started coal runs.
43303 takes me by surprise. Luckily the driver horned to warn me!
43074 approaches Chesterfield with a EMT service to Sheffield.
East Midlands Trains now putting stickers on their power cars over the old MML livery.
43055 leads the complete set of the new livery East Midlands Trains into Chesterfield.
43048 'T.C.B. Miller MBE departs Chesterfield in a block of sun.
Central Trains can still be felt around the Midlands with 158785 leading a 4 car service out of Chesterfield.
60021 in EWS red with a little petroleum sector sticker snakes onto the Barrow Hill lines with with 6E41 Westerleigh - Lindsey.
43047 heads north, though along the way it seems to have struck a bird, they didn't even clean it off.
66141 approaches Chesterfield with an unknown working.
43074 approaches Chesterfield for a stop on its way down to St Pancras.
Another HST heads north for its final stop at Chesterfield.
60047 passes Chesterfield with 6E59 Kingsbury - Lindsey
Now this is a rare sight, 59204 heading north along the Barrow Hill lines on the Midland Mainline with 6Z56 Southall - Healey Mills.

 

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