A high speed train has been spotted hurtling through the Perthshire countryside.
The Hitachi ‘Azuma’ was on a test run from Doncaster to Inverness, ahead of its introduction on Virgin East Coast services between London Kings Cross and Inverness in the second half of 2018.
It was pictured at Gleneagles on Friday.
The new @Virgin_TrainsEC Class 800 (800101) Azuma passing the old sempahore signalling at #Dunblane while on test between #doncaster & #Inverness earlierhttps://t.co/C8xg74Zeef#train #railway #photography #video #youtube @Clinnick1 @Modern_Railways #scotland @RailwaysToday pic.twitter.com/1VToHWQLU2
— GJ37425 (@gj37425) December 15, 2017
The locomotives are being designed to travel at speeds of 125mph, however with improvements to the track in the future it could reach up to 140mph.
