As withdrawn Reinstated at which point it was used mainly for the haulage of ballast in connection with the Crewe remodelling. Growing up in Chester and having family in Crewe this area was easy to take for granted - I have however over the years taken quite a few photos though many are in my collection held by Martin Loader.
A little more info on Wagon Ho! And this guy in particular on Roadside America: www. The X19 was one journey on a Sunday evening from Barnsley to Doncaster, the X19 was withdrawn when First lost the tender to Stagecoach in There was a delay in building the Mark 3 catering vehicles which affected the set allocations for the launch of the Inter-City services out of Paddington in It was decided to transfer the TRUK coaches to the Eastern Region for using in their sets and reduced the Western Region set to two power cars plus seven trailer coaches.
At some point it was decided to reclassify the seating in as First Class, as the coach was built with first class seats. During the s further changes to the HST catering provision were made and was sent for storage then conversion for use as a locomotive hauled coach on the West Coast Mainline, becoming a Restaurant First Modular or RFM numbered for used by the Intercity sector.
In Greater Anglia announced an internal refurbishment program for its coaches, in addition to its ongoing repaint program. The refurbishment program ran from late until The main changes were:.
Debranded ONE livery with interim National Express brand comprising a white waist height stripe with company lettering.
