Not knocking at all Mark - only questioning, not having used one yet.
And no comparision was made with the 2900!
CityGold is of course the first class MrX - doh!
And there was Eddie Hobbs on it only this time last year too
These were all refitted around 1993 or 1994 weren't they?
Excellently fitted, thanks for the pics, which combined with the quality of Mk3 makes for one hell of a service alright. Most certainly they ought to be refurbished - with a new livery and interior fit-out they'd be good to go for another 20 years. Wonderfully comfortable trains - only the windows are uncommonly high are they not? They only real drawback, combined with a lack of window-based aircon as I recall...
As for the new Intercitys, I really do hope the engine problems associated with DMUs up till now have been resolved for this massive order.