Stealth Bomber 2011-05-25--008
91125 races round the Offord Curves (between St. Neots and Huntingdon) with a northbound East Coast service from King's Cross.
At this point the Inter-City East Coast operation was back in state ownership after National Express had been stripped of the franchise. The loco and coaches still carry the livery of the first franchisee, GNER, although the orange bodyside band had been replaced by a white one by National Express East Coast. The logos of the Directly Operated Railways subsidiary East Coast Main Line Ltd. have been applied in purple, over the previous "national express" and "East Coast" branding.
This was the third of three GNER-liveried IC225s I photographed heading north here this morning (as well as two heading south), along with one with an East Coast silver loco on GNER blue coaches and one with a silver (actually light grey) loco and silver coaches - plus, of course, seven HSTs (three northbound and three southbound in National Express colours, and a Grand Central one heading north). Also caught on camera were a Grand Central class 180 "Zephyr", a Hull Trains class 180 "Adelante", a pair of FCC-liveried class 321 EMUs and a few class 365 "Networker Express" EMUs (including one of the picture units).
The GNER-liveried InterCity 225 trains were nicknamed "Stealth Bombers" because they could sneak up on you - being electric, they were much quieter than HSTs and the dark blue livery made them less visible from a distance than those still in their original InterCity livery.
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Stealth Bomber 2011-05-25--008
91125 races round the Offord Curves (between St. Neots and Huntingdon) with a northbound East Coast service from King's Cross.
At this point the Inter-City East Coast operation was back in state ownership after National Express had been stripped of the franchise. The loco and coaches still carry the livery of the first franchisee, GNER, although the orange bodyside band had been replaced by a white one by National Express East Coast. The logos of the Directly Operated Railways subsidiary East Coast Main Line Ltd. have been applied in purple, over the previous "national express" and "East Coast" branding.
This was the third of three GNER-liveried IC225s I photographed heading north here this morning (as well as two heading south), along with one with an East Coast silver loco on GNER blue coaches and one with a silver (actually light grey) loco and silver coaches - plus, of course, seven HSTs (three northbound and three southbound in National Express colours, and a Grand Central one heading north). Also caught on camera were a Grand Central class 180 "Zephyr", a Hull Trains class 180 "Adelante", a pair of FCC-liveried class 321 EMUs and a few class 365 "Networker Express" EMUs (including one of the picture units).
The GNER-liveried InterCity 225 trains were nicknamed "Stealth Bombers" because they could sneak up on you - being electric, they were much quieter than HSTs and the dark blue livery made them less visible from a distance than those still in their original InterCity livery.
Visit Brian Carter's Non-Transport Pics to see my photos of landscapes, buildings, bridges, sunsets, rainbows and more.