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retirement progressively withdrawn from front-line high-speed service in the 2010s ⓘ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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