At the start of the Winter timetable in October 1989 the first public service run of a 91 + Mk IV set. The 05:40(?) Leeds - Kings Cross service had been selected as the launch pad for these now ubiquitous ECML trains.
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 | 47413 stands with a parcels working at Leeds. |
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 | At about 03:00 our patience was rewarded and in rolled a spotless DVT 8?00? with a set of 9 coaches and ... |
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 | 91005 Arrives with the ECS movement form Neville Hill. |
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 | 822xx stands at the buffer stops with the first 91 Hauled (or in this case pushed) service from Leeds. |
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 | 91005 stands at Kings Cross after arriving from Leeds with 2 HSTs in the opposite platforms. |
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 | My partner in crime for the trip - Phil |
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 | Upon our return to Stevenage (we had to go to school that day!) lo and behold - the return working |
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 | Disappearing off into the distance 822xx returns to Leeds |
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