Colton, East Coast 43239 (12.56 Aberdeen - Kings Cross) 14/04/10.
One of the best locations on the ECML to observe trains getting up to full line speed is Colton in the Vale of York.
East Coast HST 43239 has just negotiated Colton North Junction on a glorious spring evening and speeds south with the 12.56 Aberdeen - Kings Cross.
* East Coast was a subsidiary of Directly Operated Railways, formed by the Department for Transport as an operator of last resort when National Express refused to provide further financial support to its National Express East Coast (NXEC) subsidiary and consequently lost its franchise.
The franchise was re-nationalised on 14 November 2009, with the intention being that operations would return to a private franchisee by December 2013. In March 2013 the Secretary of State for Transport announced that this would occur in February 2015 instead.
Colton, East Coast 43239 (12.56 Aberdeen - Kings Cross) 14/04/10.
One of the best locations on the ECML to observe trains getting up to full line speed is Colton in the Vale of York.
East Coast HST 43239 has just negotiated Colton North Junction on a glorious spring evening and speeds south with the 12.56 Aberdeen - Kings Cross.
* East Coast was a subsidiary of Directly Operated Railways, formed by the Department for Transport as an operator of last resort when National Express refused to provide further financial support to its National Express East Coast (NXEC) subsidiary and consequently lost its franchise.
The franchise was re-nationalised on 14 November 2009, with the intention being that operations would return to a private franchisee by December 2013. In March 2013 the Secretary of State for Transport announced that this would occur in February 2015 instead.