Bristol St Philips Marsh HST Depot
BRISTOL ST PHILIPS MARSH OPEN DAY: 2nd May 2016 which celebrated 40 years of the introduction of the HST on the Western Region, and the opening of St Philips Marsh as a HST Depot in 1976. In this film we see the six power car line-up comprising 43172, 43423, 43013, 43300, 43048 and 43187, plus the revealing of 43002 in original BR Blue & Grey beside Prototype HST power car 41001, introduced in 1972. What was truly amazing today, is scenes demonstrating how the HST, once reviled for killing off beloved diesel classes like the 'Westerns,' 'Peaks,' 'Deltics' and 50s, is now being afforded iconic status that were attributed to the 'Westerns' and 'Warships' before them! Long live the HST! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MYQJN5l5yM