Posts Tagged ‘FGW’

43027 leads 43092 fgw hst through keynsham 06/02/11

43027 leads the 15.30 FGW London bound service from Bristol Temple Meads through Keynsham with its non stop service. Next stop Bath Spa at 15.43….



That valenta scream fgw hst 2007

I have just come across this 2007 clip of what must have been one of the last of the FGW HST’s with Valenta power units, as it screams past the bottom of my Garden with a Paddington to Carmarthen service in Spring 2007.This is filmed on MiniDV and 4:3 Format….



Hd camera test

All New HSTHoward starts here – HD movies from this day on!!! (unless i upload older videos) Here is a FGW HST Set passing acton mainline, Swansea bound. Enjoy!…



Undy, magor & marshfield

Starting in Undy we see a pair of Class 158s, and an HST. next stop is Magor, where an FGW Class 158 and AXC Turbostar pass before seeing two HSTs and DBS 66173 pass. Next we spend time a Marshfield, with plenty of the usual DMUs and HSTs as well as a pleasing amount of freight traffic, including 60074 ‘Teenage Spirit’ on the 6B33 Theale to Margam Murco tanks. NB: At the start of the video 60074 i…



Fgw hst passes ealing broadway really slowly

FGW HST Passes Ealing Broadway Really Slowly…



Heathrow express and fgw hst

here you have a double headed heahrow epress bound for london paddington and coming the other way a fgw hst from london paddington bound for the west country…



Fgw hst diverts at p. risborough 27/01/2010 & 01/01/2010

Due to major improvement works taking place at Reading station over the Christmas & New Year period, the lines between Reading and Didcot Parkway were closed. As a result, FGW trains between London Paddington and South Wales were diverted over the Chiltern Mainline via Banbury and Oxford, using HSTs. In this video, we see half-hourly HSTs cruising through Princes Risborough up to 60mph in each dir…



Fgw hst (amra wa) – the acronym movie

FGW = First Great Western HST = High Speed Train AMRA = Australian Model Railway Association WA = Western Australia Need I say more?…



Crazy day to oxford part 1 12-01-11

Let me tell you a touching bedtime story of my unspeakbly horrible day. Started my day at 6:25 this morning, catching the 6:25 FGW HST to London via Bristol and Didcot. All was going smoothly, until between Tiverton and Taunton, we did a major emergancy stop in the middle of nowhere due to a signal failing on the train. Eventually got started up again and continued to Taunton. Got to Taunton. ‘Im…



66412 encounters 43017

Hired to Freightliner PowerHaul (until one of their Class 70s becomes available) DRS 66412 has charge of the daily FL service to Wentloog as the Swansea – Paddington FGW HST passes through Hallenby en-route to the capital….