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PC LMR Book Page5 After being considered very much the poor relation to the West Coast main line by the LMR authorities and struggling with what was almost the pre-war LMS small-engine motive power policy, the arrival of the Peak Class 44/45/46 locomotives enabled a transformation of services to and from London St Pancras. There were fast and semi-fast services to the traditional destinations such as Sheffield and Nottingham and, after a complete recast of the timetable in the early 1970s, the trains were very tightly timed and some high speeds achieved and demanded. Here, D114 (later 45066) prepares to head north with the 15.30 1D52 London St Pancras to Nottingham service with its standard semi-fast set of Mark 1 carriages. Keywords: Peak, D114, 45066, 1973, London St Pancras, Nottingham, 1D52, Passenger, BR, Londond Midland Region, LMR
PC LMR Book Page5 After being considered very much the poor relation to the West Coast main line by the LMR authorities and struggling with what was almost the pre-war LMS small-engine motive power policy, the arrival of the Peak Class 44/45/46 locomotives enabled a transformation of services to and from London St Pancras. There were fast and semi-fast services to the traditional destinations such as Sheffield and Nottingham and, after a complete recast of the timetable in the early 1970s, the trains were very tightly timed and some high speeds achieved and demanded. Here, D114 (later 45066) prepares to head north with the 15.30 1D52 London St Pancras to Nottingham service with its standard semi-fast set of Mark 1 carriages. Keywords: Peak, D114, 45066, 1973, London St Pancras, Nottingham, 1D52, Passenger, BR, Londond Midland Region, LMR
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After being considered very much the poor relation to the

West Coast main line by the LMR authorities and struggling with what was almost the pre-war LMS small-engine motive power policy, the arrival of the Peak Class 44/45/46 locomotives enabled a transformation of services to and from London St Pancras. There were fast and semi-fast services to the traditional destinations such as Sheffield and Nottingham and, after a complete recast of the timetable in the early 1970s, the trains were very tightly timed and some high speeds achieved and demanded. Here, D114 (later 45066) prepares to head north with the 15.30 1D52 London St Pancras to Nottingham service with its standard semi-fast set of Mark 1 carriages.