Intercity 125 for mickuk50 by junge1
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British Railway's Intercity 125 is waiting at King's Cross Station, London, to depart for Edinburgh, Scotland. This is the first time that I had travelled on a fast train like this. The 125 is the world's fastest DIESEL powered train. I was exited about this trip and was going to varify the speed by checking mile markers against elapsed time, which I usually did on trains between Berlin and Amsterdam. However, this train was travelling so fast that I never saw the mile markers and became dizzy. So I just settled back and clocked the arrival and departure times at the four scheduled intermediate stops and the arrival at Weaverley Station, Edinburgh. Distance ~400 miles.
Depart at King's Cross 10:00AM
Arrive at Peterborough 10:46AM
Depart Peterborough 10:49AM
Arrive York 12:00PM
Depart York 12:07PM
Arrive Darlington 12:35PM
Depart Darlington 12:42PM
Arrive Newcastle 13:00PM
Depart Newcastle 13:13PM
Arrive Weaverley, Edinbburgh 14:46PM
There was work on tracks at certain areas between Newcastle and Edinburgh.
The train departed on time and arrived on time. A great ride, very smooth and enjoyable.
This picture was taken on 3 October 1988 and later scanned.
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Comments (31)
AsheRaven2000
Those things are still running? neat
junge1
Yes they are!
jocko500
wow if ever i get there i going to get on this train just to ride. cool looking shot
SapUS59
excellent capture, i have yet to ride on a train of that speed !!
MrsRatbag
Wow, the train I took from London to Edinburgh took FOREVER to get there - this would have been so much better! Although it was much easier to see a lot of the countryside we passed through...hmm. A tradeoff, I guess...
MrsLubner
An amazing speed! You have to wonder what the result would be if there was a rail accident at that speed. We have plenty or rail accidents here so that would be something to consider. It is a very interesting shape. Impressive shot!
Cosine
I like your travel photos a lot, Sig, and each one comes with a great story, too!
Richardphotos
looks like it has been around the block many times.excellent capture Sig
Iceshark39
Great photo! And fantastic information to boot.
bebert
very nice shot.
flora-crassella
....das ist mal ein schöner IC !!! Wunderbare Bahnhofsaufnahme!
jeroni
Absolutely stunning image
ledwolorz
Fantastic photo and story,
mickuk50
well first let me thank you sig and yes i love trains :o)..the virgin pendolino trains class 220 are much smoother and are electric although still only travel at the same speed at times close to 125 .the east coast mainline which is what you came on to london is mostly electric now aswell .the latest versions of this train are diesel/electric engines .thanks for the dedi sig and what a cracking shot this is :o) mick made a mistake and deleted comment and reposted this comment :o)
timtripp
wonderfully informative!
Hendesse
Excellent shot and interesting infos. Thanks for sharing.
rawdodb
Beautiful shot... They've improved greatly since the last time I was there!!!
tetsu-pino
Nice capture!! Well done.
durleybeachbum
Well Sig, I travelled on this to York and I'd booked a seat but someone objectionable sat in it before I found it so I had to stand all the way! As you say it was a smooth ride, but an Eastern family had bought a large bucket of fried chicken and as they ate it they spread the bones and skin over the carpet which was still spanking new.
debz
Fantastic capture and thanks for the info!
PD154
LOL, yep the old 125 is a fast beast Sig, but the new ones are better, I used to use this platform to travel from London to Derbyshire, was a fantastic ride...Nice POV to this one my friend!
JeffG7BRJ
This just goes to show how complacent we can become, I would not have given this a second glance, much less photograph it. To me it is just another train, yet if it was a steam train I would be all over it with the camera. A great pov for this shot Sig, looking at the clock you still had twenty minutes to wait to start your journey. Excellent capture and a wonderful dedication for Mick. Bravo!!!!!
Clearbeer
Obviously quite an old photograph as these have been repainted at least twice since then , but a good shot, well done
Meisiekind
Great image and lovely dedi Sig! Well done... :)
Kelena
old station and modern train a meeting of the times great shot:)
Steff_7
Great capture and loved the narrative... Never seen this train but definately one I would like a ride on one day...
virginiese
Great train ! Nice station too ! Every thing is clean !
moochagoo
Ah, souvenir, souvenir. Thank you for sharing !
RobyHermida
NICE................
artaddict2
I like this capture because I recognise the train Sig, funny how we sometimes don't take much notice of things we see very often. I don't get to travel overseas that much but I'm going to make sure I will get a shot of trains in other countries whenever I can in future. I did once travel from Luxor to Cairo over night, it travelled slow and took 9 hours but was more modern than some trains in britain. no picture though!