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Success Story

            Although this pair never met in BR service, D1015 was withdrawn in December 1976 and 43187 entered service in March 1982, HST and Western shared Paddington for a few short months of late '76 and early '77.

Who back then could have imagined the reign of the wedge-nosed train on Great Western InterCity would last into 2019?

The world beater, built by British Rail, yes, THAT British Rail, now has nearly 900 million miles on its collective clocks. Incredible.

And, while InterCity work on Great Western might be a thing of the past, there's a good few years left yet for the fleet to surpass the billion mile mark.

Love 'em or loathe 'em, an achievement of that nature deserves a doff of the virtual hat...

Plymouth, 7 May 2016.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Plymouth (show map)

Taken on: May 7, 2016

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Plymouth

Network Rail

InterCity 125

HST

High Speed Train

D1015

Western Champion

Railway

Train

Locomotive « less

Sets appears in: • Westerns-A tribute to the class 52 loco's • Western Champion more » • InterCity 125 « less

Groups appears in: • UK Class 50/52 • Railway Gallery more » • Classic Transport • After British Rail (the post privatisation era). • Train. • Railways in the UK • All Out Train's • British GM Free Railway Shots • Trains of the UK • Loco Hauled passenger Trains • flickr (unofficial) • Uk Locomotives • Stuff on Rails "opted out of 30/60" « less

Camera: Canon EOS 70D, f/6.3, 1/800 sec, 10mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 70D
Lens:	10-20mm
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	10mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Express Windows 10 (Windows)
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