Colin J Howat has put together this collection of photographs of HSTs in Scotland from their early days on East Coast Main Line services from 1979 onwards to the present day.
The book starts with a history of the HST describing the background to the project and their introduction and operations. The photos show the trains on ECML and cross-country services and in present day service with ScotRail on Scottish internal workings with ScotRail.
Almost all liveries to have been carried by HSTs operating in Scotland are illustrated, including BR blue & grey, InterCity, GNER, LNER, Virgin and ScotRail Saltire colour schemes along with ex-GWR sets still in First Group livery, ex-East Midlands Railway sets in service with LNER and Network Rail yellow HSTs.
Around 160 colour photographs are included, across 96 pages, with each photograph accompanied by a caption.