Photo Class 43151 First Great Western Intercity 125 Train St Austell 2016

First Great Western Train Class 43151 Intercity 125 

Photo: Charles Moorhen

An early evening photo of UK trains First Great Western trains, Class 43151 HST Intercity 125  express passenger train, waiting at St. Austell station, Cornwall, before heading towards Paddington station, London.

In 1988, Class 43151 Intercity 125 carried the name, 'Blue Peter II'.

While on the subject of Class 43 motive power, it is interesting to note that the first-built production High Speed Train power car, 43002 (also numbered 253001) Sir Kenneth Grange, now stands in its new home - the National Railway Museum.

The iconic Victorian lattice-work iron station bridge which had deteriorated over the decades, a small section of which can be seen in top left corner this photo, was removed in February 2019 and re-homed at the Helston Railway, Cornwall. 

The Present and The Past

Express train, Class 43151 Intercity 125, is a far cry from the type of passenger trains once seen on the Great Western Railway back in the days of steam.

Back then it would have been possible to have witnessed a Castle class steam locomotive, such as 4-6-0 Castle class 5010, at St. Austell station, Cornwall.

4-6-0 Castle Class 5010 'Restormal Castle'         Photo: fromoldbooks.org

4-6-0 Castle Class 5010 'Restormal Castle' was built at Swindon Works in July 1927.  It was withdrawn from service in October 1959 and subsequently scrapped.
Incidentally, a sister locomotive of the same class, 5004 'Llanstephan Castle', appeared in the 1949 Ealing Studios film, 'Run For Your Money'.

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Photo Class 43033 Intercity 125 HST First Great Western Train Didcot 2004

 Class 43033 Intercity 125 Train, Didcot Parkway

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

An early evening image of UK Class 43033 Intercity 125 High Speed Train waiting at Didcot station, Oxfordshire, whilst operating an express service from the South West of England to London.

In 2004, Class 43033 carried the name, 'Driver Brian Cooper  15 June 1947 - 5 October 1999', one of the drivers who died in the Ladbroke Grove rail crash on the 5th October 1999.

Although it cannot be seen in this black and white photo, Class 43033 Intercity 125, is in First Great Western blue livery.

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Photo Alstom Adalante Class 180103 First Great Western DMU Train Didcot 2004

First Great Western Class 180103 Alstom Adalante DMU

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In First Great Western Trains livery, 5-car unit Class 180103 Alstom Adalante diesel multiple unit enters a damp, Didcot Parkway station on the 5th October 2004.

 

Fourteen 5-car Alstom Adelante dmu passenger train units were built by French company Alstom in their former works at Washwood Heath, Birmingham, UK

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Photo Class 166205 Network Express Turbo DMU Train Didcot 2004

First Great Western Trains Class 166205 Diesel Multiple Unit, Didcot Parkway

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First Great Western Trains Class 166205 diesel multiple unit, (DMU), Network Express Turbo, enters Didcot Parkway after a sudden torrential October downpour.

 

This photo of  3-car UK passenger train, Class 166205 dmu, was taken at the station in the 2004.

The class of 166 Turbo Express diesel multiple units (DMU) were built between 1992 and 1993 by ABB Yorks works.

The Class 166 3-car units, a fleet of 21, (fleet numbers are 166201 - 166221) were designed as a faster variant of the Class 165 Turbo and both classes were originally known as Networker Turbos, but today are generally referred to as Thames Turbos.

The Class 166 diesel multiple units are operated by the Great Western Railway and the lines they serve are; Severn Beach Line, Golden Valley Line, Heart of Wessex Line, and the Wessex Main Line. 




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Photo Class 165112 First Group Trains Network Turbo DMU Train Didcot 2004

Class 165112 Diesel Multiple Unit, Didcot Parkway

First Group Class 165112 DMU
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In bright sunlight for an October day, Class 165112 Network Turbo diesel multiple unit, (DMU), in First Great Western Trains livery, enters Didcot Parkway in 2004 en route for Stratford.

This UK passenger train photo, Class 165112, was taken in 2004.

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