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Items added on the 3rd May 2016                                                                                    Those added most recently come first 

4/5/2016

 
A Celebration of 40 years
In the life of the HSTs
Roger Winnen & Martin Duff
 
A very special open day was held at Bristol St Philips Marsh to celebrate this event with the naming of a Power Car in honour of its designer Sir Kenneth Grange who also designed the first Kodak Instamatic Camera. With a large fleet of other diesel engines in attendance together with the Royal Scot this event proved a sell out on the day with over 3500 people passing through the gate on the first hour.  Taking photographs presented a problem at time with the large influx of people, however the masses soon let their feelings known to individuals who got in the way.  Proceeds were donated to the Springboard Charity.
Power Cars in attendance were 41001 The Prototype and trailer
43172 Harry Patch 43423 Great Central Livery 43Uid Yellow National Rail Livery 43300 VTEC Livery 43048 EMT Livery 43187 GWR Green.
Diesel Locomotives 47749 City of Truro 50007 Hercules 50035 Ark Royal 50050 Fearless D182 D213 Andania D5580 D7017 37884 56098 57603 66757 08663 08822
46100 Royal Scot
Many Thanks to Martin Duff for supplying this information.

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160502x The line up of the various liveries of the HST power cars at the St Philips Marsh Open Day. Copyright Roger Winnen
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The Prototype HST 41991 stands alongside Power Car 43002 Sir Kenneth Grange named at the open day. Copyright Martin Duff
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Over 3500 had passed through the gate in the first hour, 253001, 43002 was named Sir Keith Grange in honour as the designer of the HST, a brilliant engineering designer for all things British and Worldwide! Copyright Martin Duff
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160502za A broadside view of the named power car during the event. Copyright Roger Winnen
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160502zb 47749 Originally D1660 City of Truro was named at Truro Station by the Mayor of Truro in 1965. Copyright Roger Winnen
More photographs from this event will be found in the Feature Pages.
A splash of red
Ron Westwater
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A charming rural scene as 153 325 crosses Calstock viaduct. 2nd May 2016 Copyright Ron Westwater. It is interesting to note that on its 'Alpine' route the branch, having crossed the Tamar and passed through Calstock station completes a 180 degree turn and is only just over 500 yards from Calstock!!
St Dennis Junction
Jim Lewis

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Mist clings over the Goss Moors as a three car heritage set bound for Newquay arrives at the junction in June 1979. The 'off white' livery although a relief to the monotonous BR blue didn't survive for very long. Copyright Jim Lewis
Cornish name, Cornish train
John Cornelius

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You can't get much more Cornish than this when in Somerset! Copyright John Cornelius

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