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Assetz frae Scotland
ScotRail have announced a programme to replace the Inter7City HSTs presently serving the routes between Glasgow/Edinburgh and Aberdeen/Inverness with 22 refurbished cascaded-down Class 222 s from the EMR over the next two years, citing the issues of maintaining the 50 year old stock as the main reason for the move.
This will mark the end of their use in everyday service in the UK after more than a half a century, though Class 43s will still be seen as preserved power car examples as well as the 'Flying Banana' measurement train and the complete Blue Pullman stand-in, while whole exported sets now run in Mexico and Nigeria.
The most successful stopgap in history of BR design, they revolutionised intercity travel on lines not yet electrified, and continued to play an important role on several major routes until quite recently.
125s have been a huge part of my travelling life ever since their introduction, with thousands of trips as a WR commuter in the 70s, 80s and 90s, as well as many runs on GNER and Virgin branded sets between England and Scotland over the years, and now even quite local journeys in Tayside.
This will mark the end of their use in everyday service in the UK after more than a half a century, though Class 43s will still be seen as preserved power car examples as well as the 'Flying Banana' measurement train and the complete Blue Pullman stand-in, while whole exported sets now run in Mexico and Nigeria.
The most successful stopgap in history of BR design, they revolutionised intercity travel on lines not yet electrified, and continued to play an important role on several major routes until quite recently.
125s have been a huge part of my travelling life ever since their introduction, with thousands of trips as a WR commuter in the 70s, 80s and 90s, as well as many runs on GNER and Virgin branded sets between England and Scotland over the years, and now even quite local journeys in Tayside.