Great Western HST Bank Holiday Southern Diversions 28 August 2004 Waterloo Vauxhall Clapham Ascot

Over the bank holiday weekend, some Great Western services (one an hour) were diverted at Reading onto the Southern route to Waterloo. A very rare event. The HST Eurostar race (11:35) at Vauxhall was a very lucky shot! The final shot is at Wokingham

[@cedarcam]

I never knew the HST ran into Waterloo A rare event indeed and your luck at Vauxall made a very good sight. Now sadly both these trains are on limited time

[@grassytramtracks]

It happened on a few occasions, such as during the electrification of the great Western mainline

[@cedarcam]

@@grassytramtracks OK Thanks for the info. I know there was a plan to run a regular service from Edinburgh to connect with Eurostar, only a few of those ran, I thought it was the only time it happened

[@MrGriser]

What was the reason for the HST's into Waterloo engineering works?

[@djames2356]

Mate, the shot at 11:36 is a blinder all the way to ending at MI6, the timing and spot couldn't have been better!

[@traindriver35]

I know, sheer luck, and how many times could that have been captured? Maybe just this once?

[@djames2356]

@@traindriver35 I genuinely would be surprised to see another, and I don't think it'd match up to be fair. Even the timing of the trains aside, the camera work with the timing of the zoom/panning was all bang on the mark too, gotta give the appreciation there where it's due too.

[@featherwheels9652]

this is never going to happen again☹️