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

Since the September timaetable change we finally get a chance to photograph an HST climbing the 1 in 37 gradient from Bromsgrove to Blackwell with the sun in the correct place.

With storm clouds brewing 220012 heads North

In another halfway house livery we see 220024 heading down grade to Bristol in the morning sun

170398 is leased from Porterbrook to CrossCountry as an addition to the former Central Trains fleet. The units were distinctive for their all over white, but now both have received company livery.... (more)