A Cross Country Trains HST led by 43008 approaches Mansfield Road overbridge, Derby, whilst forming 1V50 0606 Edinburgh - Plymouth on 5th September 2023. 43008 had recently been repainted into ... (more)

It's 564 miles by rail from Edinburgh to Plymouth,and 1V50,the 06.06 departure,has covered 385 of them by the time the train reaches Gloucestershire.Here the service,led by power car 43321,storms ... (more)

This shot is a revisit to an location I went to just over a month ago. I got a pan in overcast weather, but I wanted to redo it in sunshine - this is the result. Shooting data ISO200, 1/50th sec, ... (more)

Putting the S in to HST (High Speed Train) we see the leading powercar of a Plymouth train accelerate near Bromsgrove. Pan is 1/50s handheld (no IS) with the train travelling at about 90mph.

For a few summer Sundays this year the 08:30 Leeds-Plymouth service which is formed by an HST set is booked to be diverted between Birmingham and Cheltenham via Stourbridge. The train is seen appr... (more)

In the last year of Class 47-hauled Virgin Cross Country services, a Glasgow-Paignton service nears its seaside destination.

47843 hauls the 1V50 0840 Glasgow Penzance along the sea wall at Dawlish

47831 working the 0840 Glasgow Central to Penzance at Respryn near Bodmin Parkway.