Hosking High Speed Train assembles on Severn Valley

MORELocomotiveServicesLimited mainline stock hasbeenmovedtothe SevernValleyRailway( SVR) forstorage asowner JeremyHoskingassembles the components for thefirst complete InterCity125 HighSpeedTrain set in the heritage sector.

A spokesman said that Jeremywas negotiating with Porterbrook Leasing to acquire the vehicles and has agreed to buy twopower cars.

Late last year, the SVR stored eight former Caledonian Sleeper Mk. 3 carriages for their new Crewe- based owner. Now the railway has stored nine HST trailers, which were delivered on May 28by Class 47s Nos. 47593 and 47805. They also took away one sleeper coach for further use.

Home- based Class 50 No. 50035 Ark Royal was involved in shunting the HST vehicles because of the need to attach a sleeper to act as anair braked adapter carriage at each enddue to the HST trailers having fixed buckeye couplings and no buffers. The vehicles are now stored at Kidderminster until further notice.

TheClass 50 Alliance’sNo. 50035 ArkRoyal is seen shunting LocomotiveServices Limited’sMk. 3 coachesatKidderminster onMay28. MATT ROBINSON/ SVR