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Planned Angel Trains HST power car cascade from Great Western Railway to ScotRail
Power cars
43132 43021
43148 43033
43036 43134
43143 43146
43037 43126
43163 43135
43179 43012
43169 43183
43168 43032
43140 43149
43145 43127
43003 43142
43031 43152
43141 43026
43128 43125
43151 43035
43182 43138
43164 43150
43139 43130
43133 43136
43129 43028
43175 43124
43176 43177
43147 43181
43137 43131
43015 43030
43144 43034
Source: Angel Trains
Our assistant editor, Richard joined RAIL in 2005 from local press, where he had been working since 2002. He covers all aspects of news for the magazine and website, specialising in operations and rolling stock.
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Gaz - 09/09/2017 05:37
You've listed 43142 twice
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Jeffrey Herring - 09/09/2017 18:27
Why is it that when a region gets new rolling stock, Scotland always seem to get the cast-off.
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K Walker - 10/09/2017 22:50
These are far superior to the new stock. New does not always mean better. GWR's loss, Scotrail's gain. People moaned about the North West getting lumbered with 319s but they have turned out to be excellent.
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Ken Walker - 11/09/2017 00:02
Scotland is very much the winner in this case.
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FrankH - 11/09/2017 14:22
For the longer distance routes Scotrail have planned for them they are ideal, far better in every way than what you have now in DMU's. If the DFT and GWR could have forseen the issues with the GW electrification I doubt the HST's would be moving anywhere.
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AndrewJGwilt1989 - 09/09/2017 21:22
Other Class 43's could be cascaded to East Midlands Trains, Grand Central and Crosscountry as they could need more extra trains. Plus Grand Central could operate the Class 43 HST's on London King's Cross-Hartlepool, Sunderland and Scarborough services. As well the Class 180's that Grand Central will also keep.
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BigTone - 13/09/2017 22:41
Grand Central is getting the Class 180s from Hull Trains and GWR when they have finished with them.
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Carl - 28/09/2017 13:47
Spotted 43181 on the back of a low loader on the m5 today heading west with a smashed windscreen!!!
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