Wrong IET set at Castle Cary for Glastonbury event founder naming Uncategorized by railsistem@gmail.com - June 2, 20190 By Peter Nicholson CASTLE Cary station, Somerset, on the GWR’s West of England Main Line, has new station signs reading Castle Cary Station of the Glastonbury Festival. The signs were officially dedicated on the morning of April 9 by 83-year old Michael Eavis, the festival’s founder, who was included in a list of 100 Great Westerners, announced in 2017. An IET has also been named in his honour, to replace HST power car No. 43026, now transferred to ScotRail. It was planned Mr Eavis would reveal the name on No. 802013 during the train’s scheduled stop at the station. Glastonbury festival founder Michael Eavis at Castle Cary with a IET set – but not the one with his name on! PETER NICHOLSON However, in his speech shortly before the train was due to arrive, he announced that not only was it the wrong IET that was forming the 09.40 to London Paddington, but it was running 14 minutes late. Read more in the May 2019 issue of The RM – on sale now! Enjoy more of The Railway Magazine reading every month. Click here to subscribe. Share this: Comments comments Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Related Share on Facebook Share Share on TwitterTweet Share on Google Plus Share Share on Pinterest Share Share on LinkedIn Share Share on Digg Share Send email Mail