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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Railroading_Brit Tony, I'm in Mid Wales (pretty much in the old Radnorshire, close to the border). Regarding the HST power car numbers, these were a little more complex - 41001 and 41002 were the prototype pair (painted grey with a blue band at window height, and a very different nose design to the production version - 41001 survives at the NRM but 41002 went to the breakers in the 90's after extensive usage by the R&D department of BR). The standard production examples were Class 43. While numbered as sets rather than individual locos and stock, the prototype carried 252001, production sets carried 253xxx and 254xxx numbers (the main difference being the type and number of coaches). [/quote] Trust me, despite looking different, 41001 and 41002 were renumbered as 43000 and 43001 by 1975, when I travelled between them from St Pancras to Derby as part of the Engineering Conference excursions celebrating 150 years of railways. They mistook me for someone important and I was in a VIP car with free drinks! At Derby, 43002, the first production car, was on display, still with its black window stripe which was replaced by Rail Blue before it entered service. So I have photos of the first three HST power cars with the same number series photographed on the same day! The first two both got departmental DB series numbers before 41001 went to the museum. So I'm not making this up, I was there! M636C [/quote] I stand corrected - My main source was/is a book titled "HST Silver Jubilee" which didn't mention this! They did mention the black window stripe on the first production power car though. Nice going in getting into the VIP car by the way!
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