43307+43308 1E25 Edinburgh Waverley. 13-12-19
This was my final day driving HST's.
I worked this as the 14-52 departure from Aberdeen to Kx as far as Newcastle.
Edinburgh based LNER driver Paul ( right of shot) accompanied me on the Aberdeen to Edinburgh part of the journey.
He kindly took the images of me on 43307 that I have shared here.
When I departed Edinburgh minutes after I took this, it dawned on me I only had an hour and a half left driving this superb train type. I savoured every minute of the experience.
To date the arrival back at Newcastle has drawn the curtain ( so far!) on me driving two different classes of Locomotive. The first being of class 47's , with 47760 on 22-9-2003 and with 43307 as above. Hopefully I will get back on a Brush Type Four again once things return to normal.
43307+43308 1E25 Edinburgh Waverley. 13-12-19
This was my final day driving HST's.
I worked this as the 14-52 departure from Aberdeen to Kx as far as Newcastle.
Edinburgh based LNER driver Paul ( right of shot) accompanied me on the Aberdeen to Edinburgh part of the journey.
He kindly took the images of me on 43307 that I have shared here.
When I departed Edinburgh minutes after I took this, it dawned on me I only had an hour and a half left driving this superb train type. I savoured every minute of the experience.
To date the arrival back at Newcastle has drawn the curtain ( so far!) on me driving two different classes of Locomotive. The first being of class 47's , with 47760 on 22-9-2003 and with 43307 as above. Hopefully I will get back on a Brush Type Four again once things return to normal.