Pendolino at Paddington - Class 800 replacement?
Unfortunately we aren't going to see the class 800 replaced by Pendolinos.
But there was a Pendolino at Paddington today to and I quote Philip Haigh "It’s here to bring down the curtain on Railway 200 with GWR 800012 named alongside to commemorate last year’s Greatest Gathering at Derby."
https://x.com/philatrail/status/2083156644544811154?s=20It was apparently renumbered from 3900016 to 390200 for the day.

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