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MML HST 43178 startup Sheffield (26/10/06) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 60 seconds An MML HST Power Car, 43178, starting up in Sheffield station, before heading down to London. Now fitted with MTU engine, and returned to traffic with XC, this is an irrepeatable sight!! Related: 43, 43178, clag, class, high, hst, mainline, midland, midlandmainline, mml, speed, start, start-up, startup, train, up |
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Dusk @ Church Fenton (25/11/08) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 329 seconds A dusk spent at Church Fenton (on the York to Leeds line, where the York to Sheffield line via Pontefract diverges), waiting for Cotswold Rail's 47810+47828+57006 on scrap, which never appeared! Featuring a fair-few Cl.185s, the odd 'Voyager', the odd '158' and a couple of 'Sheds' on freight, plus the predictable 'jumps' that come from standing near a whistle-board!! Related: 004, 117, 121, 125, 135, 138, 144, 145, 148, 158, 185, 220, 221, 508, 66, 730, 755, 795, 903, axc, barbie, bluebird, british, church, crosscountry, desiro, dorito, express, fenton, fgbrf, flail, fred, freightliner, ftpe, ftpx, gbrf, great, gred, lawnmower, lfhh, northern, nr, power, rail, railfreight, shed, sprinter, super, thrash, tpe, tpx, trainbubs, vommiter, voyager, vxc, xc |
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HST ECSs (MTUs & VP185s !!) Leeds to Neville Hill (17/12/08) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 223 seconds Three HST-sets being moved off to Neville Hill depot by respective power cars, XC 43321 & 43378, EMT 43049 & 43054, and NXEC 43290 & 43300, all having terminated in Leeds from their respective southerly destinations of Plymouth, London St. Pancras and London Kings Cross. Related: 049, 054, 090, 100, 121, 12vp185, 178, 185, 300, 321, 378, 43, 43290, 43321, arriva, beasts, coach, coast, comfort, country, cross, east, emt, express, high, hst, mainline, midland, midlands, mk3, mml, mtu, national, neec, nxec, paxman, power, speed, stagecoach, thrash, train, trains, tram, vp, xc |
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NEEC / EMT HSTs MEGA-THRASH @ Leeds (27/06/08) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 434 seconds Half-a-dozen HST-departures filmed during the morning-rush at Leeds today, producing both clag and noise, and canopy-thrashing big-style! Featuring both EMT (ex-MML), NEEC & NEEC (ex-GNER) trainsets, Valenta-, VP185- & MTU 16V4000-engines, and both clagtastic and plain-boring departures, there's something here for everyone who likes HSTs! Related: 43, canopy, car, clag, east, high, hst, mega, midlands, mk3, mtu16v4000r, power, speed, thrash, train, trains, tram, valenta |
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86259 "Les Ross" & 47773 @ Manchester Piccadilly (20/12/08) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 158 seconds Electric Blue 'can' 86259 and BR Green 'duff' 47773, arriving in Manchester having worked a Vintage Trains railtour up from the Midlands, and then departing Manchester heading towards Londsite for turning. Related: 259, 47, 7029, 773, 86, bbc, british, can, castle, clun, dj, em6, les, ltd., mark, mk2, radio, rail, roarer, ross, trains, vintage |
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HSTs & 185s (THRASH and TONE!!) at Leeds (01/12/08) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 210 seconds Two visits to Leeds, one in the morning rush and a return in the evening, featuring: - EMT (ex-MML) 43072 & 43044, - fTPE 185146 & 185124, - NXEC 43307 & 43319. Related: 044, 072, 107, 119, 124, 146, 16v4000, 185, 307, 319, 43, coast, desiro, dorrito, east, emt, express, first, ftpe, ftpx, high, hst, midlands, mtu, national, nxec, paxman, speed, thrash, tpe, tpx, train, trains, tram, transpennine, vp185 |
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WCRC 37248 & 37676 MEGATHRASH on "Christmas Cracker" railtour (29/11/08) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 130 seconds West Coast Railway Company 37248 & 37676 working Spitfire Tours' 'Christmas Cracker' railtour from Poole to Blackpool North and return, focusing on the mini-tour from Manchester Victoria to Blackpool and return. Related: 248, 37, 676, beast, beastage, class, flail, group, growler, lordz, my, power, preston, thrash, tractor, wcrc, wcrlws, wcrws |
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GC bashing @ York / Thirsk / Northallerton (04/09/08) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 218 seconds A Grand Central 'bash' back to York from Northallerton, calling at Thirsk. Featuring an 'onboard' of the departures from Northallerton and Thirsk, and a platform-side departure from York. Also including the apparently-unhealthy 43084 with her strange habit of powering up long after the train sets off! Related: 068, 084, 125, 43, central, cheap, cheat, gc, grand, high, hst, london, mk3, orcats, paxman, speed, sunderland, thrash, trains, val, valenta |
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'Proper' HSTs (12/07/08) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 335 seconds So-called 'proper' HSTs...those with Paxman 12RP200L 'Valenta' or Paxman 12VP185 power-units, filmed at Leeds, York & Northallerton...also featuring a couple of two-tones! Disclaimer: Despite the apparent-position of some vid's; I myself was not over the yellow-line; it's most-likely the camera was being suspended in this position by my outstretched arm! Related: arriva, central, coast, country, cross, east, eastern, emt, express, gner, grand, greast, high, horn, hst, mainline, midland, midlands, mml, national, neec, north, northallerton, paxman, railway, speed, thirsk, thrash, train, trains, two-tone, valenta, virgin, vp185, xc, york |
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Variety @ Manchester Piccadilly (16/08/08) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 174 seconds A variety of DMUs filmed at Manchester Picc. this afternoon (16th Aug.), incl. double-Voyagers, 185s, 'Sprinters' and an EMT 'Meridian' on test! Related: 006, 013, 123, 131, 150, 150224, 156, 156441, 185, 185123, 220, 220006, 221, 221131, 222, 222013, 224, 441, beasts, country, cross, desiro, diesel, distastro, dorrito, east, emt, express, first, ftpe, furnace, meridian, midlands, multiple, northern, pennine, pioneer, rail, scrap, sprinter, super, thrash, trains, trans, unit, virgin, voyager, xc |
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EMT 43064 & 43081 'Valenta Venturer' tour Valenta-THRASH @ York (26/07/08) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 163 seconds East Midlands Trains's final pair of Valenta-engined HST Power Cars, 43064 (freshly named "125 Group") & 43081 (freshly named "Midland Valenta") working the 'Valenta Venturer' farewell tour from Leicester to Scarborough and back. Related: clag, emt, high, horn, mainline, midland, mml, paxman, rp200l, speed, thrash, tone, train, tram, valenta, york |
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HST action in/around Derby (21/06/08) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 226 seconds HST-action at Derby and Long Eaton, just south on the MML. Featuring almost half the EMT fleet, many of them twice-over, including: 43045, 43046, 43049, 43052, 43055, 43058 (new-livery), 43073 & 43074, both at speed and departing Derby. Also includes several 2- and 3-tone-horns for extra enjoyment! Related: 43045, 43046, 43049, 43052, 43055, 43058, 43073, 43074, beast, beastage, clag, east, emt, flail, horn, hst, midlands, thrash, trains, tram |
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NEEC/GC Valenta HSTs @ York (21/03/08) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 259 seconds Four assorted NEEC and GC Valenta-engined HSTs filmed today at York: 43039 in new NEEC livery, 43053 in NEEC 'interim' livery, 43084/43065 in GC livery, 43110/43111 in NEEC 'interim' livery providing some immense thrash and some equally decent clag!! Related: 039, 053, 065, 084, 110, 111, 12, 200, 43, beast, beastage, beasts, central, flail, flailage, gc, grand, high, hst, interim, mighty, neec, nxec, paxman, rp, rp200l, speed, train, tram, valenta |
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High Speed Trains (05/07/08) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 425 seconds High Speed Trains and Inter Citys filmed at Doncaster. From the usual cl.43/Mk3 'HST125'- & cl.91/Mk4-combinatio ns, through First Hull Trains' Adelante to ex-Virgin 'Voyager' DEMUs Related: 125, 180, 220, 221, 222, 225, 43, 91, adelante, city, doncaster, high, hst, inter, meridian, mk3, mk4, speed, train, voyager |
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Cl.323s in/around Manchester Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 178 seconds 3-car Hunslet-produced EMUs, surely the finest of all BR EMU's, out-classing all the 'old-favourites' ie. 501s, 312s, 308s, 405s, 442s, etc! Related: 223, 225, 227, 323, awesome, cool, emu, flail, manchester, sound |
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Cross Country HST-action (17-18/07/08) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 439 seconds Cross Country High Speed Trains working up-and-down between Wakefield and Leeds recently, featuring the two currently-active sets, 43104 + 43301 & 43166 + 43178 Related: 104, 166, 178, 301, 43, country, cross, horn, leeds, livery, mtu, new, paxman, thrash, valenta, wakefield, xc |
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NEEC-action Leeds / Wakefield / Fitzwilliam (24/06/08) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 151 seconds NEEC-action from Leeds, Wakefield, and Fitzwilliam (ECML, near Wakefield), featuring several 91s, carrying both liveries, and an hst-bash from Leeds to Wakefield, including 43313 sounding magnificent (for an MTU!) at Wakefield! Related: 43, cl91, coast, east, express, high, hst, mtu, natoinal, neec, nxec, power, speed, thrash, train |
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Derby / Dronfield (27/12/08) Posted by: 89001avocet
Video duration: 118 seconds A day-out to Derby and Dronfield, among other places. Featuring `Meridian` and `Voyager` DEMUs, and cl.158 `Sprinter` DMUs. Related: 002, 011, 158, 158793, 222, 222002, 222011, 793, beast, cummins, east, emt, meridian, midlands, mml, northern, power, thrash, tpe, trains, transpenninexpress |

















