British Rail Class 43

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The British Rail Class 43 is a high-speed diesel-electric locomotive best known for powering the InterCity 125 trains that long held the world speed record for diesel traction in regular passenger service in the UK.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Rail locomotive class
diesel-electric locomotive
brakeType air
builder BREL Crewe Works
linked to: Crewe Works

British Rail Engineering Limited
category High Speed Train power car
linked to: High Speed Train
configuration Bo-Bo
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
coupling Drop-head buckeye
designedBy British Rail
engineType MTU 16V4000 R41R
Paxman VP185
Paxman Valenta
enteredService 1976
gauge standard gauge
height 3.91 m
introduced 1976
length 17.79 m
manufacturer British Rail Engineering Limited
multipleWorking Time-division multiplex
within class only
notableFor world speed record for diesel traction in regular passenger service
numberBuilt 197
operator British Rail
CrossCountry
Great Western Railway
Network Rail
ScotRail
partOf InterCity 125
linked to: InterCity 125 HST
powerOutput 1678 kW
2250 hp
powerType diesel-electric
productionEnd 1982
productionStart 1975
recordSetIn 1987
recordSpeed 148 mph
238 km/h
topSpeed 125 mph
201 km/h
trackGauge 1435 mm
trainHeating Electric Train Heating
UICClassification Bo′Bo′
usedFor InterCity 125 services
linked to: InterCity

high-speed passenger services
usedOnRoute CrossCountry network
East Coast Main Line
Great Western Main Line
weight 70 t
width 2.74 m

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InterCity East Coast locomotiveClassUsed British Rail Class 43
MML rollingStockUsed Class 43 HST (historically)
linked to: British Rail Class 43
British Rail Class 800 successorTo British Rail Class 43 HST
subject linked to: Class 800 trains
linked to: British Rail Class 43