With the sun dropping low, an HST working for CrossCountry from Plymouth accelerates after topping the Lickey incline and can take a breather on the gentler gradients into Birmingham

A Cross Country Voyager stands at York after an evening arrival from the South.

221126 receives attention before returning to service as the first Voyager to have its shop removed. Sister unit 220004 is on the left. This shot featured on the cover of Rail magazine issue no 60... (more)

Running slightly late, 170101 is working the 10:08 Nottingham-Cardiff Central train south near Bromsgrove

A service southbound to Bristol Parkway is seen as it approaches Stoke Works Junction

A Cross Country tilting Voyager calls at York station on its way northwards

A Cross Country Class 200 arrives at Manchester Piccadilly Station.

A Cross Country tilting Class 221 arrives at York with a late running evening service from Scotland to Birmingham.

A tilting Cross Country Voyager approaches York at Colton South Junction with a northbound service.

43357 leads refurbished HST mk3 set XC01 through Hasland with the 09:00 Glasgow to Plymouth service

After a return to the factory less than a week since it was 'finished' carriage set XC01 sees fromt line action once more and is seen as it powers south to Plymouth

Here we see the newest refurbished HST powercar leading the full set of refurbished carriages as they storm up the Lickey bank with the 06:40 Plymouth-Aberdeen service

220 026 speeds through Eastleigh with the Cross Country service to Bournemouth. Note the drivers interesting pose.

On the return of it's first test run we see the new XC livery HST in a lucky spell of full sun

Another shot of CrossCountry HST climbing the Lickey with the 06:40 service from Plymouth to Aberdeen