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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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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