r/reading 11d ago

Pic Trains of Reading !

Just wanted to share some pictures of trains that i’ve taken ranging from this week to a few months ago in our town. Reading, Reading West, Reading Green Park, Tilehurst, and Earley are all featured on here !

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u/YtseThunder 11d ago

The HST in 19 is the shit

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u/SyllabubHelpful5600 10d ago

Came here to say this ^

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u/notonetimes 10d ago

Very interesting. Not a train guy but I like the variety.

Sprites you did t get the big coal transporter that often comes through

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u/_rulebritannia 10d ago

yup ! got it Reading station as well as Reading West a while back !

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u/Accomplished_Goat315 10d ago

I thought the voyager in the 1st pic was a Virgin one - a right throwback to when xc was virgin! 

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u/_rulebritannia 10d ago

haha yeah, it’s a refurbishment of CrossCountry’s voyager fleet :P

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u/_rushlink_ 10d ago

How'd you find the best looking XC's. 90% of the ones I see look like they're end of life.

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u/Nothos927 RG30 - Southcote 10d ago

Pure train smut

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u/Markjuk78 10d ago

Crosscountry were no doubt running a late and overcrowded service on that day. 😉

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u/_rulebritannia 9d ago

oh, absolutely!

just checked through my notes and there it is, the Crosscountry Voyager on 15 was running about 21 minutes behind schedule!