20th March 2023

Fastest Mark 1.
Simon Howard

​I was with Neil Phillips in Gateshead in 1974 (in fact I was driving him around in my Dad’s Hillman Hunter) when he snapped the prototype HST. But the first time I had seen on the ECML in 1973 it still had the Mk1 Buffet sandwiched (no pun intended) into the Mk111 set. It was fully liveried in the prototype’s livery and had been fitted with BT10 bogies and was part of the train which hit 143mph...perhaps the fastest Mk1 ever?
 
This is the only picture I can find of it:
 
http://www.traintesting.com/images/Buffet_car_-_Peter_Fox.JPG
 

Many thanks Simon - it would be nice for you to meet up with an old pal of 49 years ago. Please click the link for a picture of the high speed buffet.
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Down the bank at
Exeter
Roger Winnen

31231 on an empty stone train to Meldon Quarry decends the bank from Exeter Central to St Davids. It's the 1st April 1975. Copyright Roger Winnen.

Many thanks Roger.
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Barry Scrap Yard
Ken Mumford

​Friends,
Archive material, one could call these photos!!
However, try and enjoy them, please!!
These were taken many years when I took pupils from the two Swindon secondary schools that I taught at - the girls seem to enjoy seeing these scrap locos  - BUT many of them were rescued -  more than the boys.
Kind regards,
Ken    Mumford  

Many thanks for your memories Ken - please click to enlarge.