High Speed Train :) the morning HST arrives ECS into Lincoln Central - Class 43 43251 power car leading
<b>Lincoln to Nottingham – a Midland railway</b>
On one of the very rare occasions that my London train was cancelled [the 07:04 St Pancras Meridian], I took the opportunity to photo the 07:30 King's Cross HST while I waited for my luxury Sprinter to Nottingham! Here is the ECS arriving at P3 Lincoln Central, with the old High Street signal box behind and the fairly monstrous new footbridge.
<b>Actually a low light, low shutter speed, low speed capture :)</b>

<i>I spent two years as a commuter on the Lincoln – Nottingham line. The railway opened in 1846 and was the first line into Lincoln, running into St Mark’s station. The modern railway is anything but exciting – I took the 07:04 St Pancras train each morning (5 car Class 222) and generally returned on the 16:27 back to Lincoln (Sprinter, more often than not a 156, sometimes a 158, occasionally a pair of 153s – such variety!)

Although the modern railway seems somewhat soulless, I have tried to capture some moments from my many months of commuting from Lincoln Central and lunch hours spent at Nottingham Midland.</i>

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