Brilliant video & editing, many happy & sad memories of that day but love the pieces of the hst's flying through Ealing Broadway. I was lucky enough to be on that final hst departure all the way to Exeter, got a feeling the removal of the hst's will bite gwr in the backside.
This video is BRILLIANT no that word isn't enough what a stupendous tribute to the 125s THANK YOU SO MUCH a real epic and AND AND I AM GOING TO SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR CHANNEL!!
they probably will be once they’ve been retired, gwr don’t have plans to get rid of them any time soon and the ones that they have gotten rid of have been sent to Scot rail. Only a few class 43s have been scrapped, it’s mostly just mk3s getting scrapped
they did, they just needed more trains on stopping services so they took the class 43s out of service on long distance trains and replaced them with newer, mostly worse, trains that were more economical and didn’t need door replacement
They were great in the 1980s. Elderly people still remember the huge difference these trains made, sometimes cutting travel time by a full hour or more and all in unprecendented comfort. But nowadays... Let's please be honest: They are simply an old, inefficient, polluting diesel nightmare. 😂 One or two of them should be preserved but other than that class 43 should really now make its final run to the museum or, indeed, to the scrap yard. British railways should be COMPLETELY electrifiend and then we should do away with diesel trains entirely. I know, due to our beloved political leadership (both sides!) that's not very likely to happen but I haven't given up hope yet!😂🤣😆
What is all the fuss about. An HST is a glorified DMU. Just don't get it. No locomotive, just a rake of coaches with a motor at both ends. Crikey, I can't begin to imagine how these enthusiasts would have dealt with the end of Castles and Kings in the 60's. King versus HST? Talk about chalk and cheese!! Time to chuff chuff out of here!
The fuss is that they’re probably the most significant trains ever to run on the BR network, the fact that intercity rail services even exist in this country today is mainly down to the HST. The end of even A4 Pacifics on BR wasn’t even close to being as significant as the end of long distance HST services.
they completely saved br back in the 70s and revolutionised rail travel in Britain, also it’s not really much like a dmu. With the hst they stick 2 class 43s on each end of a rake of mk3s. The class 43 can be separated from the rake and drive independently and are interchangeable. I’m not massively sad about the full hst going im sad about the class 43 locomotive that pulled it.
They were my favourite trains, them 125 HST's, they'll be very sadly missed!!
Fast train but good
Oh no train
So very true!
My friend!
A fitting video to close an era. Brilliant. Thanks for sharing,also a big thanks to all the G.W.R. Staff to make it great final day. Thanks again.
Superb video of the last day of HST passenger services to and from London Paddington. Was very good fun to watch. :)
Brilliant video & editing, many happy & sad memories of that day but love the pieces of the hst's flying through Ealing Broadway. I was lucky enough to be on that final hst departure all the way to Exeter, got a feeling the removal of the hst's will bite gwr in the backside.
I was at Exeter to see it in. I think you might be right regarding bum biting.
HSTs always the best miss them so much
Brilliant video...just brilliant. Thank you
Thank you very much
This video is BRILLIANT no that word isn't enough what a stupendous tribute to the 125s THANK YOU SO MUCH a real epic and AND AND I AM GOING TO SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR CHANNEL!!
I adore the HST!
Only!
Last day and fair well to the class 43 HSTs from Paddington, replaced with the new Diesel Electric 5 coach GWR 800
I hope any HST Class 43 diesel power car plus Mk3 carriages will be preserved for use on heritage railways as well on rail tours.
they probably will be once they’ve been retired, gwr don’t have plans to get rid of them any time soon and the ones that they have gotten rid of have been sent to Scot rail. Only a few class 43s have been scrapped, it’s mostly just mk3s getting scrapped
Hi there me from the future they are being used on 3 or more railtours and network rail still use them
Lovely video 👍🏾
Thanks
loved the vid !
Thanks
Will you do this video for the LNER HST's and the East Midlands Trains HST'S for when they go?
Farewell train hst
Prob a dumb question do any of HST trains still run on lines around the country? Or are they all out of service and none used for demo runs at events?
yeah there are still loads of hsts out there, just none coming from London.
I'm in this video at 17:09
Rip Hsts
_ trains_in_the_uk well at least they’re keeping some
Sad day East Midlands railway are getting rid of them soon
You know the old saying, why change something if it's not broken. Should of left them running.
they did, they just needed more trains on stopping services so they took the class 43s out of service on long distance trains and replaced them with newer, mostly worse, trains that were more economical and didn’t need door replacement
RIP GWR HST's
They were great in the 1980s. Elderly people still remember the huge difference these trains made, sometimes cutting travel time by a full hour or more and all in unprecendented comfort. But nowadays... Let's please be honest: They are simply an old, inefficient, polluting diesel nightmare. 😂 One or two of them should be preserved but other than that class 43 should really now make its final run to the museum or, indeed, to the scrap yard. British railways should be COMPLETELY electrifiend and then we should do away with diesel trains entirely. I know, due to our beloved political leadership (both sides!) that's not very likely to happen but I haven't given up hope yet!😂🤣😆
Gwr will keep using the class 43 for at least another 10 years and so will scotrail
@@noaerrr Hooray!! 🤣😂😅
@@MarioStahl1983 haha
@@MarioStahl1983the InterCity125 was the train we all loved and adored
F**k the class 800s! The HSTs will forever be 1000000x better than them!
What is all the fuss about. An HST is a glorified DMU. Just don't get it. No locomotive, just a rake of coaches with a motor at both ends. Crikey, I can't begin to imagine how these enthusiasts would have dealt with the end of Castles and Kings in the 60's. King versus HST? Talk about chalk and cheese!! Time to chuff chuff out of here!
The fuss is that they’re probably the most significant trains ever to run on the BR network, the fact that intercity rail services even exist in this country today is mainly down to the HST. The end of even A4 Pacifics on BR wasn’t even close to being as significant as the end of long distance HST services.
they completely saved br back in the 70s and revolutionised rail travel in Britain, also it’s not really much like a dmu. With the hst they stick 2 class 43s on each end of a rake of mk3s. The class 43 can be separated from the rake and drive independently and are interchangeable. I’m not massively sad about the full hst going im sad about the class 43 locomotive that pulled it.