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Favourite HST
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:29 pm
by pjt1974
With Virgin taking over the East Coast yesterday, no doubt the ever dependable favourite HST will get another repaint.
I would make it a poll but there are so many liveries of this fine machine I'm bound to miss someone's favourite.
Let us know your favourite, maybe post a link to a picture.
To start off
Mine would be the Inter City Swallow with the half yellow cab
http://www.penmorfa.com/Archive/HST%20Rhyl.jpg
Re: Favourite HST
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:32 pm
by simon3747
pjt1974 wrote:With Virgin taking over the East Coast yesterday, no doubt the ever dependable favourite HST will get another repaint.
I would make it a poll but there are so many liveries of this fine machine I'm bound to miss someone's favourite.
Let us know your favourite, maybe post a link to a picture.
To start off
Mine would be the Inter City Swallow with the half yellow cab
http://www.penmorfa.com/Archive/HST%20Rhyl.jpg
I agree, my favourite livery by far
Re: Favourite HST
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:46 pm
by cerbere22
My favourite livery is the Teal & Tangerine from Midland Mailine
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categ ... 535783.jpg
Re: Favourite HST
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:49 pm
by niclouse3
The blue and silver Midland Mainline livery was my favourite!
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... -14_01.jpg
Quite a selection here to have a browse through if you have a few minutes spare.
http://www.tauntontrains.co.uk/HST.htm
Nick
Re: Favourite HST
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:53 pm
by yerkes
InterCity Executive livery was my favourite by a long shot. Here's a picture I took of 43027 on arrival at York with 'The Armada' in 1987 (I foolishly didn't date it!). I'd travelled up with it from New Street.
Re: Favourite HST
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 10:00 pm
by Dave4468
The Swallow Great Western livery was a nice one. Also always had a soft spot for the original FGW Barbie livery with the white ends.
Re: Favourite HST
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 10:48 pm
by rfletcher72
Good question Phil,
It has to be this one
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https://flic.kr/p/bpWgxY
Re: Favourite HST
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:18 pm
by rededge
Mmm, tasteful...!
No, has to be Grand Central, classy!
http://ukrailways1970tilltoday.me.uk/Pe ... 3_2011.jpg
Re: Favourite HST
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:47 pm
by SVRSam
My favourite HST livery is actually one they never wore ! Someone has photoshopped an HST into APT style intercity livery here and it looks great IMO !
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index. ... n-the-hst/
Sam
Re: Favourite HST
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:48 am
by johnrossetti
Wow Sam, that really looks good, imagine the scene at Euston with all the platforms occupied with that and APT's.
I think what would have been my favorite livery NEVER existed on the HST - Blue Grey reversed as per Blue pullman
Now prove me wrong . Cheers
Re: Favourite HST
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:06 pm
by atlasduff47
No surprises from me, it has to be BR blue/grey......original and best!
Re: Favourite HST
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:57 pm
by ashgray
Intercity Swallow! Lovely!
Ash
Re: Favourite HST
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:00 pm
by winifred89
atlasduff47 wrote:No surprises from me, it has to be BR blue/grey......original and best!
Yes that.
Re: Favourite HST
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:57 pm
by tchouftchouf
winifred89 wrote:atlasduff47 wrote:No surprises from me, it has to be BR blue/gray......original and best!
Yes that.
For me too, BR Blue/Gray, I had the privilege to ride in the cab of one of them between London and Bristol. Unforgettable, especially for the young French trainee train driver I was at this time! Even if I drove 320 Km/h TGV at the end of my working career, this HST is one of my better memory.
And HST are running today, and I am now retired.
Re: Favourite HST
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:20 pm
by dean1986
Virgin for me.
