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4th January 2019

4/1/2019

 
Celebrity HST Double-Take at Totnes
Two-For-The- Price-Of-One

Clive Smith 
Thursday 3rd January 2019 saw me driving through Totnes around 10.15 and a quick chance to photograph an HST on the 07.41 Penzance - Paddington from the A381 road bridge west of the station. Thinking my luck was in as Inter City liveried power car 43185 came into view and was duly snapped, I quickly dashed across the busy road for a rushed shot of the rear power car which to my utter surprise was British Rail liveried 43002. What a pairing ! The now paired celebrities were expected to return to Cornwall later that afternoon but a set change resulted in it working to Gloucester instead. Let's hope it's back in the Duchy very soon.
                   Regards,  Clive Smith 
Many thanks Clive.
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Totnes Celebrity HST's Intercity liveried 43185 3rd January 2019 Copyright Clive Smith
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Totnes Celebrity HST's British Rail liveried 43002. 3rd January 2019 Copyright Clive Smith
A P.S. from Clive
Glad you liked the Devon Belle 40 pics. I will send you a pic of 40122 at Penzance in 1985 in the next week hopefully. There are some excellent pics in the gallery section of that magnificent railtour taken from many angles and locations, including one from a Craig Munday who must have been quite young then ! I was on the train from Plymouth and my pic is taken from the main road above the station. 40122 has some nice steam leaking from its pipes. 

My double celebrity HST pics were a complete fluke . No prior 'gen' so it was very satisfying that the one train of the day I set my stall out to photograph was that one. I tend to work in Totnes every 1-2  weeks but as the day was dull for photography  I had no plans to spend my lunch hour at the station or Three Arches Bridge. Just happened to be tea time at  my van at 10.15 and I was parked under the same road so thought "Might as well". Good job I did. Let's hope other contributors caught it too before they get separated !   All the best,  Clive

Penzance 50
Andrew Thompson
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Looking a bit weary at Penzance we see 50036 Victorious Copyright Andrew Thompson

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