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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

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View of British Railways' Blue Pullman service on a Snow Hill to Paddington express on 23rd June 1966

View of British Railways' Blue Pullman service, half a mile east of the station, on a Snow Hill to Paddington express on 23rd June 1966. Introduced in 1959, these units were the forerunners of the High Speed Trains and had a 1000 bhp North British/MAN engine in each driving car. Unfortunately they had a terrible ride, but the guy in the window looks relaxed enough. These were eight car units. John Evans was standing on the recently lifted trackbed of the old SMJ route to Towcester when he took this photograph.

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