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A CrossCountry HST set led by Class 43 power car No. 43239 is seen passing the footbridge at Powderham with 1E63 the 15.27 Plymouth to Leeds service on Monday 8th March 2021.
August 2022
43239 + 43304 departing Newcastle working the 1227 XC HST service from Plymouth to Edinburgh.
© Finbarr O'Neill
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Convair XC-99 outside Kelly AFB, San Antonio, Texas in July 1980.
From Wikipedia:
"The Convair XC-99, AF Ser. No. 43-52436, is a prototype heavy cargo aircraft built by Convair for the United States Air Force. It was the largest piston-engined land-based transport aircraft ever built, and was developed from the Convair B-36 bomber, sharing the wings and some other structures with it. The first flight was on 24 November 1947 in San Diego, California, and after testing it was delivered to the Air Force on 26 May 1949.
The aircraft was put on display at Kelly Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas, in 1957. Deterioration of the airframe due to the high magnesium content was beyond local abilities to address. The aircraft was later moved to a grassy field near the base and 1993 the USAF moved it back to the Kelly AFB."
The aircraft was disassembled at Kelly Air Force Base and its sections transported to theUS Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio for anti-corrosion preservation and reassembly there. It was subsequently transported in the summer of 2012, to Davis-Monthan AFB.
Arriva CrossCountry Class 220 'Voyager' No.220005 is seen passing Chippenham with 1V52 the 09:33 York to Plymouth service on Sunday 13th May 2018. XC services were on diversion due to the closure of Filton Bank in Bristol for engineering works.
Convair XC-99 outside Kelly AFB, San Antonio, Texas in July 1980.
From Wikipedia:
"The Convair XC-99, AF Ser. No. 43-52436, is a prototype heavy cargo aircraft built by Convair for the United States Air Force. It was the largest piston-engined land-based transport aircraft ever built, and was developed from the Convair B-36 bomber, sharing the wings and some other structures with it. The first flight was on 24 November 1947 in San Diego, California, and after testing it was delivered to the Air Force on 26 May 1949.
The aircraft was put on display at Kelly Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas, in 1957. Deterioration of the airframe due to the high magnesium content was beyond local abilities to address. The aircraft was later moved to a grassy field near the base and 1993 the USAF moved it back to the Kelly AFB."
The aircraft was disassembled at Kelly Air Force Base and its sections transported to theUS Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio for anti-corrosion preservation and reassembly there. It was subsequently transported in the summer of 2012, to Davis-Monthan AFB.