Favourite HST

pjt1974 · Post by **pjt1974** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:29 pm

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

simon3747 · Post by **simon3747** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:32 pm

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

cerbere22 · Post by **cerbere22** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:46 pm

My favourite livery is the Teal & Tangerine from Midland Mailine

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categ ... 535783.jpg

niclouse3 · Post by **niclouse3** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:49 pm

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

yerkes · Post by **yerkes** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:53 pm

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.

Dave4468 · Post by **Dave4468** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 10:00 pm

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.

rfletcher72 · Post by **rfletcher72** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 10:48 pm

Good question Phil,

It has to be this one

:

https://flic.kr/p/bpWgxY

rededge · Post by **rededge** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:18 pm

rfletcher72 wrote:Good question Phil,

It has to be this one :

https://flic.kr/p/bpWgxY

Mmm, tasteful...!

No, has to be Grand Central, classy!

http://ukrailways1970tilltoday.me.uk/Pe ... 3_2011.jpg

SVRSam · Post by **SVRSam** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:47 pm

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

johnrossetti · Post by **johnrossetti** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:48 am

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

atlasduff47 · Post by **atlasduff47** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:06 pm

No surprises from me, it has to be BR blue/grey......original and best!

ashgray · Post by **ashgray** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:57 pm

Intercity Swallow! Lovely!

Ash

winifred89 · Post by **winifred89** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:00 pm

atlasduff47 wrote:No surprises from me, it has to be BR blue/grey......original and best!

Yes that.

tchouftchouf · Post by **tchouftchouf** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:57 pm

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.

dean1986 · Post by **dean1986** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:20 pm

Virgin for me.

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