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The last day of the High Speed Train – Plymouth to London Paddington ... passing by Dawlish Warren
Peter Burgess
125,225 views•May 27, 2020
Great Western Railway 6.65K subscribers Saturday 18 May 2019 the 06:57 Plymouth to London Paddington, headcode 1A76 with power cars 43002 (Sir Kenneth Grange) and 43198 (Driver Brian Cooper and Driver Stan Martin).
328 Comments Peter Burgess Add a public comment... Bill Hall Bill Hall 3 days ago
It must be about 40 years now since I spent a lot of time travelling in the HST125 power cars. It was the time when British rail had Mirlees Blackstone engines fitted into four of them as replacements for the Paxman engine. I designed the speed governor control system for the new engines. I traveled about with them monitoring the performance of the system. Much of the time was spent sat with the driver or in the trailing power car. All the engine fumes seemed to get sucked into the trailing power car so it was much better being at the front. I wish I had thought to do some video of it all. I did do lots of photos but unfortunately I can't find them now. Happy days!
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