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In all honesty I prefer the HST125. Part of that is nostalgia, the HST125 is a great example of technology from the golden age of British Engineering which, lik
by VBprogrammer 13y ago
In all honesty I prefer the HST125. Part of that is nostalgia, the HST125 is a great example of technology from the golden age of British Engineering which, like the Route-master bus, outlived several generations of successors. The other part is the Voyager fleet in my experience always smell of toilet.
- harrytuttle 13y agoUntil it crashes and then you are fucked. No crumple zones in the vestibules. The route master gave many people lung cancer who worked at the depots, my father included.
- radiowave 13y agoI was fortunate to be working in the centre of Newcastle around 2007 when the last of the Valenta-engined 125s were in service, and I'd hear the north-bound trains pulling out of the station. But since then they've changed to newer diesel engines, and they don't have that glorious screaming turbocharger anymore. Here's what it sounded like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H-WKRIXynQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H-WKRIXynQ
- VBprogrammer 13y agoYeah, I know that sound well. It's a sound I strongly associate with Edinburgh train-station having taken the final leg of the Kings-cross service back to Glasgow many times while at University. Apparently the sound of the Valenta engine was used a clip in a song but I've never figured out which one.