East Midlands VP185 HST’s - Final Year Of Service 2020

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So this month on December 11th saw the last services operated by Paxman VP185 powers and the “Angel Set” for East Midlands Railway. The VP185’s have been on the MML since 1995, for several months there have just been 3 power cars left which only came out when the current red, ex. LNER engines weren’t fit to operate.
This year throughout 2020 I have been collecting footage I’ve caught of these blue beasts in action and have compiled them here into one video as a tribute and goodbye to the classic Midland HST’s.
Footage has been taken across the Midland Mainline and is organised in the video from South to North, starting at St Pancras & ending at Leeds.
0:00 - Intro
0:12 - St Pancras
7:31 - Luton Airport Parkway
8:19 - Harlington
9:09 - Flitwick
10:13 - Bedford
14:23 - Lineside between Wellingborough & Kettering
17:02 - Kettering station
18:45 - Lineside near Market Harborough
20:05 - Market Harborough
21:05 - Leicester
23:10 - Loughborough
24:08 - East Midlands Parkway
27:28 - Nottingham
32:01 - Sheffield
33:53 - Leeds
36:37 - Onboard Departures
It’s still worth noting that HST’s are still on the midland mainline until next year, but will only be the red ones now.
Enjoy the video, be sure to give it a like & wish you all a Merry Christmas!
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[@Paracelsus74]

Of all the different HST liveries I like this one most. It looks fresh, dynamic and fits well to the train's shape. They had a good designer.

[@theimperialist2686]

I'll miss making my journeys on the EMR HSTs, booked at the right time it's quite a treat.

[@gregorycallow3078]

I'm loving your videos! Only just discovered your channel. Thanks for all your hard work and time into recording these beautiful trains.

[@TrainPlaneHub]

Thank you! Glad you enjoy my videos :-)

[@lucatrainspotter683]

Nooooo I love trains and the blue HST’s were my favourite good bye blue hst’s

[@trainsonthebrain]

Delightful. Going to miss that sound! 👍

[@JacobsTrainVideos]

Great video! Shame to see these beasty beauties retired luckily in Devon I still get alot of HSTs by GWR and XC

[@duckllesmcfuckles9657]

i’m gonna miss those trains i grew up loving them im gonna miss the loud screeching noise as they go past

[@aidgab1196]

Great video. Loved it.

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

Great video. ☺️

[@class56trainsrock62]

9:45 I like that horn

[@nathansrailwayphotography8125]

Great

[@lnertrainfan1785]

Agreed

[@bjoe385]

22:55 is that a 37 I hear in the background?

[@AndrewG1989]

Is East Midlands Railway still keeping the remaining Class 43 MK3 HSTs. As EMR have ordered 33 Class 810 AT300s but will not be in service until at least 2022/2023. And the Class 360s cascaded from Greater Anglia will be in service from next year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_360
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_810

[@deejay0428]

Progression....covid times or not....everything has a shelf life.

[@class56trainsrock62]

That blue pullman HST still has the vp185 engines it might be rare though but keep whatching you might be lucky

[@officialrailfanomar]

Nooooo not the EMR HST’s too! ECML got rid of their HST’s now EMR is?!

[@matthewbutterfield7233]

They've swapped them for a set of former LNER power cars and coaches. Fortunately the HST lives on for the moment!

[@AquaFonic]

@@matthewbutterfield7233 NOT FOR LONG 9 sets were originally sent from LNER EMR found 6 were usable the other 3 were so badly damaged they were scrapped

[@matthewbutterfield7233]

@@AquaFonic I stand corrected! Do you happen to know how long they will be around for?

[@JacobsTrainVideos]

@the intercity 125 fan No its because that they are 40 years old and their body work is rotting and they are starting to get unreliable

[@BibtheBoulder]

15/05/21:...and then they were gone....

[@sjmedia54]

How come they are retiring?

[@lnertrainfan1785]

I believe it’s because they aren’t good for disabled people and have bad disabled spaces/access

[@theimperialist2686]

@@lnertrainfan1785 Yep that's the main reason, I could be wrong but I heard the other reason was that some of the engines used weren't fit for operation.

[@sjmedia54]

@@theimperialist2686 ah so i take it some fresher trains will be replacing them

[@theimperialist2686]

@@sjmedia54 Seems to be that way.

[@lorrainepotasnick2973]

Or they are just really old

[@jameshoyle5918]

These trains look very out of date, old and polluting

[@AquaFonic]

Yep they are totally and filthy that’s why they have gone

[@yellowhatproductions5863]

TWAT

[@nobby3265]

I mean they were built in the 70s or something but ok

[@jameshoyle5918]

The driller Killa!! They should have been scrapped years ago.

[@JacobsTrainVideos]

@@yellowhatproductions5863 Haha agreed