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End Of An Era: The Final Day Of GWR HSTs - 18th May 2019

Saturday 18th May 2019 was a sad day on the railway calendar, as it saw the curtain close on 43 years of front line express passenger service from the legendary InterCity 125s (or HSTs) on the Western Region. The day saw four sets working services up and down the main Great Western Railway network, culminating with the 18:30 London Paddington to Taunton service. Providing power for these services were the following Class 43 Powercars, listed in order of appearance: 43093 'Old Oak Common HST Depot 1976-2018' & 43188 43185 'Great Western' & 43009 43172 'Harry Patch - The last survivor of the trenches' & 43162 'Exeter Panel Signal Box 21st Anniversary 2009' 43002 'Sir Kenneth Grange' & 43198 'Driver Brian Cooper & Driver Stan Martin' I managed to film one shot of each set in action, in between filming 7029 'Clun Castle' on her run to Oxford. These include: 43188 & 43093: Shrivenham, 13:00 London Paddington to Bristol. 43009 & 43185: Knighton, 13:30 London Paddington to Bristol. 43172 & 43162: Lyneham, 15:02 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington. 43198 & 43002: Swindon, 18:30 London Paddington to Taunton. As evidenced in the final shot - final in more ways than one - they certainly weren't going to go down quietly! A few sets are being retained by GWR, as short four coach 'Castle' sets, used on Bristol Parkway to Penzance and Taunton to Cardiff services. So, they will still be around, but, it definitely won't be the same. They will be missed. Filmed on a Panasonic VXF990 with a Pro Sound L92AA microphone. Please, feel free to leave a like, comment, subscribe, and click the notification bell, so you never miss a video; it really does help a lot! Thank you and I hope you enjoy the video. Facebook:   / speedtothewest   Twitter:   / speedtothewest   #LastOfTheHSTs