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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > Paddington > LPPC DSL BW 1296

 

The photographs in this collection are from the Paddington section of Peter Collins' Railwayman's View Book Volume One - BR Western Region.

LPPC DSL BW 1296 The prototype High Speed Train (HST), then classified as Class 252 and with Power Car 43000 leading, waits to leave Paddington during its revenue earning trial period on a train to Bristol. Little did anyone realise what was going to develop.... Note the empty Brutes waiting around for their next tasks, with some blocking the platform for passengers. These were neat cages on wheels for parcels/newspapers, or other items of non-freight train merchandise. The title derives from British Rail Universal Trolley Equipment and they could be seen littering pretty well any busy station, making it clear how important this sort of traffic was to British Rail at the time. Keywords: BR, Western, HST, Prototype, 43000, Passenger, Paddington
LPPC DSL BW 1296 The prototype High Speed Train (HST), then classified as Class 252 and with Power Car 43000 leading, waits to leave Paddington during its revenue earning trial period on a train to Bristol. Little did anyone realise what was going to develop.... Note the empty Brutes waiting around for their next tasks, with some blocking the platform for passengers. These were neat cages on wheels for parcels/newspapers, or other items of non-freight train merchandise. The title derives from British Rail Universal Trolley Equipment and they could be seen littering pretty well any busy station, making it clear how important this sort of traffic was to British Rail at the time. Keywords: BR, Western, HST, Prototype, 43000, Passenger, Paddington
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The prototype High Speed Train (HST), then classified as Class

252 and with Power Car 43000 leading, waits to leave Paddington during its revenue earning trial period on a train to Bristol. Little did anyone realise what was going to develop.... Note the empty Brutes waiting around for their next tasks, with some blocking the platform for passengers. These were neat cages on wheels for parcels/newspapers, or other items of non-freight train merchandise. The title derives from British Rail Universal Trolley Equipment and they could be seen littering pretty well any busy station, making it clear how important this sort of traffic was to British Rail at the time.