I can now tick off, Dunbar railway station.
More photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/dunbar/
Let’s Go Round Again | The LNER HST Farewell Tour
So glad, that I went to Grantham railway station on Saturday the 21st of December 2019. To see the LNER HSTs, branded as ‘Let’s Go Round Again’. A 2+7 set was fully repainted into the original InterCity125 livery and the powercars (43206 and 43312) were re-numbered to 253003 and 253029.
It’s the first time, in my life I’ve seen a HST set in it’s original livery. So glad, that myself and around 100 others went to Grantham railway station to get some photos!
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/grantham/
Seen my first Hull Trains Class 802 ‘Paragon’
While waiting for the HST at Grantham railway station, I also get to see the Hull Trains Class 802 ‘Paragon’ for the very first time!
More photos set be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/grantham/
Looking forward to Highland Chieftain
So looking forward to last ever trip on a HST on the ECML. Getting the train from Grantham up to York (which I believe, will be a InterCity 225), then boarding the Highland Chieftain service, which will be operated by diesel-powered InterCity 125 High Speed Train for the very last time! Going all the way up to Inverness.
This will be my third time using the Highland Chieftain service. Really, really looking forward to it!
Once up in Inverness, hoping to do the Far North Line, for the very first time!
LNER’s HSTs enter final weeks in service
Sad to know, that in the next number of weeks, all of LNER’s HSTs will be coming off the ECML. Really going to miss, seeing and of course hearing the Class 43’s, powering up and down the line.
Many more photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/trains/class-43/
Used the new Lincoln LNER Azuma service!
Just used the new Lincoln LNER Azuma service for the very first time, along with my friend Mark T. Got to say, I really did like it! I can see, myself using it a lot more in the future. Even more so, when the weekend service service, starts in December.
Class 91: 91119 LNER at Grantham railway station
At long last, I got a good photo of the Class 91 (#91119) in the ‘Swallow’ livery! Really going to miss these locomotives, when they all come off the ECML by the middle of next year.
Darlington railway station. TICK!
I can now tick off, Darlington railway station.
More photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/darlington/
Leeds railway station ✅
I can now tick off, another railway station, this time Leeds.
More photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/leeds/
LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman at Grantham
It’s not everyday, you turn up at your local railway station. And finding the Flying Scotsman, just waiting…
Seeing it, really did make my day!!
