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GNER probably didn't have enough money to buy the new trains, and so there hopes were dashed!

Matt C

I can't remember anything ever being said about such a thing, for start the track work would have to be modified to allow tilting trains, also what about the gauge differnce etc. They did used to use Eurostars though!

Cheers,
Ali

The only time i heard about these was on the Flying Scotsman - drivers eye view dvd, the narrator mentioned about GNER ordering tilting trains but that's about it...

Esurient wrote:The only time i heard about these was on the Flying Scotsman - drivers eye view dvd, the narrator mentioned about GNER ordering tilting trains but that's about it...

That was reffering to the fact the 91s/Mk4s could be retro fitted with tilt. Which is why they have the odd body profile they do.

Actually this was the planned Intercity 250

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The IC 150 was for WCML, these are totally different units which may have been ordered by GNER for the ECML

The Class 424 Classic. Anyone know please.

JSReeves86 wrote:

Esurient wrote:The only time i heard about these was on the Flying Scotsman - drivers eye view dvd, the narrator mentioned about GNER ordering tilting trains but that's about it...

That was reffering to the fact the 91s/Mk4s could be retro fitted with tilt. Which is why they have the odd body profile they do.

Ohhh. my bad.

The mockup of the IC250 is in the 'museum' at MRB, gathering dust!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterCity_250

The InterCity 250 looks much nicer than a Pendolino to me from the artist’s impression.

photons66 wrote:The Class 424 Classic. Anyone know please.

Gathering dust at Bombardier Derby.

Never trust the artists impressions. I remember seeing there idea of what the 390's would look like, horrid, but the real thing looked alot nicer.

National express are on about getting some CL.90s in for extra timtabled trains, not sure if its confirmed yet