43306 Passes through Doncaster Station.

A real bonus from AXC was the return of HSTs on certain North East/Scotland - South West services.Here is a set heading for the West Country on a beautiful March day.

An AXC service powered by newly-refurbished power car 43357 heads south passing class 60 60054 in the loop at Haresfield with a Robeston to Westerleigh tank train.

The Network Rail measurement train on approach to Newcastle Station.

National express power car 43206 still in the old GNER livery heads a diverted express for London along the Durham coast line at Hawthorn.

A London bound National express service passes Dawdon on the County durham coast line ,diverted of the east coast mainline for engineering work.

A Swansea to London service departs Stonehouse station on a Sunday morning.Services were diverted this day due to engineering works.

A re-engined National Express HST stops at York very late in the afternoon on its way to Aberdeen.

A NXEC HST and a pair of Class 91s line up at Kings Cross. Note that if you look really carefully below the temporary 'National Express' branding you can see where the old GNER branding used to be... (more)

43062 speeds through Burnigill in the afternoon sun with Network Rail's New Measurement Train running as 5Z68 1415 Doncaster - Newcastle. Grand Central's 43067 was on the rear of the train on t... (more)

A First Great Western HST heads along the famous sea wall at Dawlish. You can see just how vulnerable this stretch of railway is. Taken from my vantage point above Parsons Tunnel, a distance of ov... (more)

A First Great Western HST heads towards Newton Abbot.

The Network Rail high speed track measuring train appreaches Neath station. The name adopted for these trains when the were first introduced 30 years ago was flying bananas. This recent livery is ... (more)

HSTs west of Swansea are normally restricted to one in each direction to Carmarthen. In the summer months these extend to Pembroke Dock on Saturdays and can be seen during the day rather than in d... (more)