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Hertfordshire Rail Tours was a company that ran charter trains for enthusiasts, named as they were originally based in Hertfordshire. Most of its trains started from London Terminals, although most from London King's Cross. A fair proportion of charter trains used the "Pride of the Nation" dining train set, this is an all seater dining train. The company was purchased by FM Rail in September 2005, with the HRT brand name retained.〔"FM Rail to buy Hertfordshire Rail Tours" ''The Railway Magazine'' issue 1254 October 2005 page 8〕 ==Blue Pullman== With the market for charter trains appearing buoyant and the company wishing to develop into more lucrative fields, FM Rail decided to re-introduce a Blue Pullman from the beginning of 2006, reminiscent of the Blue Pullman diesel multiple units that operated between Bristol and London during the 1960s. With the original stock scrapped, they had to provide a new fleet, which consisted of a rake of air-conditioned Mk.2 coaches fitted with Pullman style lighting, topped and tailed by Class 47 diesel locomotives. As no Mk.2 kitchen cars had been built, two Mk.1 coaches were inserted into the set. The Mk.2s were painted in the original livery of Nanking Blue with a white band around the windows, but, as the Mk.1 vehicles had much larger windows, they were simply painted in plain blue. This unfortunately broke up the lines of the train somewhat. The first outing of the Blue Pullman was a dining excursion from Kings Cross and back via Ely and Peterborough on Thursday 12 January 2006. The service, although normally worked by two Class 47s also painted in the dedicated blue livery, would be hauled by a single Class 87 if the entire working was due to be "under the wires". The 87 would be hired-in from GB Railfreight (now FirstGBRf) - in a bid to get the whole business in house, FM Rail was rumoured to be considering buying their own dedicated Class 86 locomotives when the company entered administration in December 2006. The Blue Pullman coaches passed to Cotswold Rail, which re-launched the service on February 2007.〔(Cotswold Rail website ) Blue Pullman launch announcement, retrieved April 2008〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hertfordshire Rail Tours」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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