125 Group 43159 'Rio Warrior' & 43089 - "The Midland Venturer" - 28th October 2023.

125Group's FIRST mainline railtour featuring Midland Mainline Project Rio liveried 43189 'Rio Warrior' and ex-East Midlands Trains liveried 43089 with 6 ex-East Midlands Trains MK3 coaches. We start off by seeing the inbound at Cricklewood, then the outbound ECS at Kentish Town (in valenta-like fashion) before returning in the afternoon to see the inbound ECS through West Hampstead Thameslink and then the outbound service through Cricklewood.
Full Workings:
5Z43 (07:30) Butterley M.R.C to Ilkeston (07:47)
1Z43 (07:50) Ilkeston to London St. Pancras (12:06)
5Z44 (12:23) London St. Pancras to Cricklewood Sidings (12:44)
5Z45 (15:51) Cricklewood Sidings to London St. Pancras (16:11)
1Z46 (16:19) London St. Pancras to Ilkeston (19:19)
5Z47 (19:22) Ilkeston to Butterley M.R.C (19:39)
Timestamps:
00:00 1Z43 Cricklewood
00:51 5Z44 Kentish Town
02:01 5Z45 West Hampstead Thameslink
03:54 1Z46 Cricklewood
Saturday 28th October 2023.

[@basictraincontent]

Nice Capture! I caught the HST at Harlington

[@NotDavidTrains]

Aye! I can see myself at 03:22

[@chiefstain]

I guess the windows were a no go, glad I didn't buy a ticket. Great to see it running though

[@finbarholt]

Yeah shame they've got bars