A bit of fun.....HST v 87/90 performances

[Strathclyder]

Also ran with the 89 a few times I understand, it accelerated quicker than the 91 - presumably due to the lower gearing and higher short-term output. Thus such a combination might be the ultimate "hellfire" arrangement

Martin Loader (who else? lol) has a pic of the 89 at Abbots Ripton with one of the HST DVTs (43013) coupled directly behind dating from August 1988 (when the former had been in service for about a month) while working the 07:00 off Peterborough to King's Cross. Obviously not in push-pull mode in this image, but still a interesting one all the same.

89001 Abbots Ripton 16 August 1988

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