Virgin HST Valentas at Speed, Cheddington 5 June 2003

Please note: in the second shot 43157 is leading & 43123 is at the rear, and not as shown. Thanks class43 matty.

Shot at Cheddington before they extended the platforms. Featuring 43099 & 43160 (twice), 43123 & 43157, and 43068 & 43098. Turn up the volume and feel the noise!!

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[HSTgreat]

good vid mate. i miss the valenta engine

[wellowvids]

Thanks!

[rachaelmatt]

A question for any1 who knows: Back then on the WCML 90's/87's/86's would have been limited to 110mph, but could the HST's still do 125mph, or were they limited to 110mph as well.

[wellowvids]

I guess they would have been limited to line speed. I don't know if there was any in excess of 110mph at that time.

[StefanStanescu]

Awesome! 5*

[wellowvids]

Thanks!

[BREGmatt]

i miss them so much. roll next year when we see hst proto with a valenta woooo

[clusterfak]

Woot! Love this, thank you!

[resigamer17]

great video nice to hear 43123(Valenta 1972-2010) at full pelt

[gtaftw2]

@86501freightliner Agreed. I regularly travel from Euston to Crewe and voyagers are too small and uncomfortable.

[gtaftw2]

@rachaelmatt I know this is probably a bit late but before the introduction of the pendolinos and voyagers, max speed on WCML was 110. It was only with the introduction of the EPS that trains could do 125 otherwise the journey would have been severely uncomfortable for passengers. So even HSTs were stuck at 110

[LordLemsip]

Wife and I had a cracking run one sunday from Euston to either Wilmslow or Macclesfield (can't rememeber which one) in about 1998. Very lightly loaded train, had a carriage virtually to ourselves. The driver wasn't hangin around - one of my best HST runs,

Would have run at 110 maximum at that was top linespeed at the time, no EPS limits or bloody balises......

[86501freightliner]

PROPER diesel traction, unlike those bloody Virgin Vomitors that replaced them!

[toady446]

@rachaelmatt  No they were limited to 110mph. It wasn't until the upgrade work for the Pendo's and tilting that any part of the WCML was authorised for 125mph running.