43111 speeds past Abbots Ripton on 16 August 1988 with the 07:18 Peterborough to Kings Cross InterCity service. In addition to long distance work on the ECML, HSTs were employed on early morning commuter trains such as this, taking just under an hour to get to the capital. The large numbers under the windscreen were carried by most ECML power cars at this time, which was a welcome aid to identification, because the other application of the number was in a tiny font near the guard's compartment, and not at all easy to read at 125mph!