153370 & 156499 prepare to depart Glasgow Queen Street on 1Y29 1634 to Oban
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FGW 'Super Sprinter' unit 153370 and classmate 368 get underway from Frome railway station with the Saturday 10.41 Gloucester to Weymouth service.
Although the structure and immediate environs appear pretty dilapidated, much-needed restoration work had recently began on the Grade II listed building. Frome station was opened in 1850 and is one of only a few train shed (covered roof) stations still in operation in Great Britain.
Note the new section of rail (courtesy of Tata steell) waiting to be laid overnight and the following day replacing the bullhead rail which has been in situ for many years.
Saturday 8th July 2023 - A mixture of former LNER and First Great Western HST Power cars stand with a mixture of East Midlands and Northern Class 153s and Class 156s, along with a solo EMR Mk3. The feature power cars in this picture are of the two BR Blue LNER “Let’s Go Round Again” power cars (43006/112). These were specially repainted prior to the withdrawal of Eastern Region High Speed Trains.
These photos are from 2011.
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