British Rail Class 43 High Speed Train power cars

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The British Rail Class 43 High Speed Train power cars are iconic diesel-electric locomotives that formed the driving units of the UK’s InterCity 125 trains, once holding the world speed record for diesel traction and transforming long-distance rail travel in Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diesel-electric locomotive
railway traction unit
brakeType air
buildEnd 1982
buildStart 1975
configuration two power cars with intermediate trailer coaches
country United Kingdom
coupling Drop-head Buckeye
designedBy British Rail Research Division
linked to: British Rail
designedFor 125 mph operation on existing main lines
high-speed intercity services
family High Speed Train family
linked to: High Speed Train
fuelType diesel
gauge standard gauge
height 3.91 m
holdsRecordFor world speed record for diesel traction
introduced 1976
length 17.79 m
livery Great Western green
InterCity swallow
Virgin CrossCountry red and silver
original InterCity blue and grey
manufacturer British Rail Engineering Limited
Brush Traction
Crewe Works
multipleWorking Time-division multiplex
nickName HST power car
InterCity 125 power car
linked to: InterCity 125
notableFor iconic streamlined cab design
transforming long-distance rail travel in Britain
numberBuilt 197
operator British Rail
CrossCountry
Great Western Railway
London North Eastern Railway
Network Rail
ScotRail
partOf High Speed Train
InterCity 125
powerOutput 2250 hp
powerType diesel-electric
preservedUnits several units preserved on heritage railways
primeMover MTU 16V4000 R41R
Paxman VP185
linked to: Paxman

Paxman Valenta 12RP200L
recordSetOn 1987-11-01
recordSpeed 148 mph
238 km/h
retirement progressively withdrawn from front-line high-speed service in the 2010s
safetySystem AWS
TPWS
serviceType network measurement train
passenger
topSpeed 125 mph
201 km/h
trackGauge 1435 mm
tractionMotors Brush TMH68-46
trainHeating Electric Train Heating
UICClassification Bo-Bo
usedBy InterCity sector of British Rail
usedOnLine CrossCountry Route
East Coast Main Line
Great Western Main Line
Midland Main Line
weight 70 t
width 2.74 m

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British Rail Engineering Limited notableWork British Rail Class 43 High Speed Train power cars