Photo Collection Class 43 HST Intercity 125 Trains 31 Images

 31 Class 43 Intercity 125 HST Train Photos

The Class 43 HST trains, also known as the Intercity 125's, were introduced on to the British Rail network in the early 1970's.

Built at British Rail Engineering Ltd., Crewe Works, between 1975 and 1982, 197 sets were manufactured.  Initially the classes of power cars were designated '253' and '254'.

Officially, the Brel/Paxman Class 43 (HST) is the fastest diesel locomotive in the world with a maximum speed of 148 mph (238 km/h), though its speed in service is restricted to 125 mph (201 km/h).

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Class 43010 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Class 43010 Intercity 125 in First Great Western livery waits at Didcot station, Oxfordshire.  A DB Schenker locomotive stands on a siding on the far right of the picture.

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Class 43023 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Rear Power Car 43023 Intercity 125 waits at Didcot station, Oxfordshire.

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Class 43033 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Class 43033 Intercity 125, in First Great Western livery at Didcot station, Oxfordshire, en route to London Paddington.

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Class 43043 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Class 43043 Intercity 125, in East Midlands Trains livery, waits at Wellingborough station, Northamptonshire.

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Class 43043 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Close-up of Class 43043 Power Car at Wellingborough station, Northamptonshire.

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Class 43044 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

East Midlands Trains, Class 43044 Intercity 125, powers through Wellingborough station, Northampton, heading north.

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Class 43045 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Midland Mainline Class 43045 Intercity 125 in Meridian livery waits at Wellingborough station.

 

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Class 43046 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Midland Mainline Class 43046 Intercity 125, 'Royal Philharmonic' stands at platform 1, Wellingborough.

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Class 43046 Nameplate
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Close-up of Midland Mainline Class 43046 nameplate, 'Royal Philharmonic.

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Class 43047 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

East Midlands Trains Class 43047 Intercity 125 passes through Wellingborough station heading for London St. Pancras.

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Class 43048 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

East Midlands Trains, Class 43048 Intercity 125, pulls away from Wellingborough station forming the rear power car of a train heading north.

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Class 43050 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Intercity 125 Class 43050, in East Midlands Trains livery, enters Wellingborough station heading a train going north from St. Pancras.

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Class 43055 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Forming the rear of a train waiting at Wellingborough station, East Midlands Trains Class 43055 Intercity 125 is about to head north.

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Class 43058 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Close-up photo of the side of East Midlands Trains power car Class 43058 Intercity 125 standing at Wellingborough station.

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Class 43066 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

 

Night photo of East Midlands Trains Class 43066 Intercity 125 waiting at Wellingborough before heading south to London St. Pancras.

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Class 43066 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Class 43066 passes through Wellingborough station heading north.

 

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Class 43069 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Class 43069 Intercity 125 in Midland Mainline 'Meridian' livery stands at platform 1, Wellingborough station.

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Class 43075 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

On a service heading north, East Midlands Trains Class 43075 Intercity 125, waits at Wellingborough station.

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Class 43075 HST 
Photo: Charles Moorhen

East Midlands Trains Class 43075 powers into Wellingborough station heading towards London St. Pancras.

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Class 43079 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Class 43079, in Intercity livery, enters Basingstoke station in the 1990's.
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Class 43081 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

East Midlands Trains Class 43081 Intercity 125 waits at Wellingborough station before continuing its run north.

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Class 43082 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

As the sun sets on Class 43082 Intercity 125, in Midland Mainline livery it stands at platform 1, Wellingborough station.

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Class 43083 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

East Midlands Trains Class 43083 Intercity 125 photographed powering through Wellingborough station heading north.

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Class 43083 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

East Midlands Train Class 43083 Intercity 125 waits at Bedford for the all clear to proceed north.
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Class 43089 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Class 43089 in early Intercity 125 livery waits at platform 1, Wellingborough station, before heading north.
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Class 43089 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Looking totally different in East Midlands Trains livery, amid the long shadows of late afternoon, Class 43089 Intercity 125 thunders through Wellingborough station as can be seen by the exhaust smoke above the power car.

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Class 43098 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Class 43098 in 'Swallow' Intercity livery makes a smoky start from Basingstoke station in the 1990's.
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Class 43116 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Class 43116, in early Intercity 125 livery, waits at platform 2, Wellingborough station, before continuing south to London St. Pancras.
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Class 43126 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

In 'Fag Packet' livery, First Great Western Class 43126 Intercity 125 stands at Didcot station, Oxfordshire.

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Class 43151 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

First Great Western train, Class 43151 Intercity 125, stands in St. Austell station, Cornwall, before continuing its journey to London Paddington.

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Unidentified Class 43 HST
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Unidentified First Great Western Class 43 Intercity 125 about to enter Didcot station en route to the south-west.

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Night Photo Class 220009 Voyager Cross Country Trains DEMU Banbury 2017

Class 220009 'Voyager' DEMU, Banbury Train Station

Photo: Charles Moorhen

Night photo of 'Cross Country Trains' Voyager diesel multiple unit Class 220 009 spotted waiting at Banbury station while heading south in January 2017.

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Photo BR Class 319372 EMU Thameslink Train Bedford UK 2017

Class 319372 EMU, Bedford Station

Photo: Charles Moorhen

Early night photo of electric multiple unit Class 319 372, commuter train, built at BREL York between 1987-88, in Thameslink Trains livery, photographed at Bedford station in 2017 waiting to proceed south.

By 2019 Class 319372 was running in the north of England, operated by Northern Rail.

 

 

First Hydrogen-Powered Train:

A Class 319-bodied train made history on the 30th September 2020, when it became the first hydrogen-powered train to run on the British railway network.

The train, carrying the number 799001, reached speeds up to 50 mph while completing a 25-mile trip in Warwickshire.

 

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Photo Class 66044 General Motors EMD EWS Diesel Loco Northampton 2014

Class 66044 EWS Diesel Loco, Northampton Station

Photo: Charles Moorhen 

Running north on the up line, General Motors EMD Class 66044 in English, Welsh & Scottish Railway livery spotted passing through Northampton station in 2014.

Class 66 diesel locomotive, Class 66044, was built in December 1998 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) and allocated to Toton TMD (Notts.).

At the time that this photo was taken Northampton station was still in the process of reconstruction, as can be seen by the temporary footbridge above the train.

Finished its operations for the day a London Midland Trains Class 350 stands on the station sidings in the background.

The new, modernised Northampton station was opened on the 12th January 2015, three months later than its proposed date.

More Class 66 Locomotive Images on 'Along These Tracks'.

Class 66005 at Wellingborough

Class 66013 & 66502 at Rugby (Scroll down for '66502' image)

Class 66086 at Didcot

Class 66086 and 66237 at Didcot

Class 66117 at Northampton

Class 66130 at Banbury

Class 66145 at Banbury

Class 66187 at Wellingborough

Class 66206 at Northampton

Class 66414 at Northampton

Class 66509 at Wellingborough

Class 66536 at Banbury

Class 66551 at Rugby

Class 66717 at Wellingborough

Class 66729 at Wellingborough 

Class 66765 at Wellingborough

Four Unidentified Class 66s Didcot.

Four Unidentified GBRF Class 66s Wellingborough

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Photo Class 350104 London Midland Trains Desiro EMU Rugby 2012

Class 350104 'Desiro' EMU, Rugby Station

Photo: Charles Moorhen

Class 350/1 350104 electric multiple unit (EMU), in London Midland Trains livery, (now West Midlands Trains) spotted in Rugby station on the 2nd of February 2012 just ahead of the dark clouds of an approaching thunderstorm.

Personally, I like the reflection of the storm clouds in the front window.

 

Class 350/1 350104 is a 4-car unit and the coach numbers for the set are as follows: 63764  66814  66868  63715.

Built between 2004 and 2005, there are 87 Desiro UK commuter trainsets in the class with 77 trains operated by London Midland Trains (now West Midlands Trains) and 10 are operated by TransPennine Express.

 

 

 

 Video Clip - Two Class 350 EMUs Passing at Bletchley Station

 

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Night Photo Class 222011 Meridian DMU Train 'Honouring Our Veterans WW1 Centenary' 2016

Class 222011 Diesel Multiple Unit, Loughborough

Photo: Charles Moorhen 

East Midlands Trains Class 222011 is spotted at Loughborough station on the 30th August 2016 bearing the poppy decals, "Hounouring Our Veterans WW1 Centenary".

The Meridian diesel multiple unit carries the name, "Sheffield City Battalion 1914-1918".

Capable of a top speed of 125mph., the 5-car units were built between 2003 and 2005 by Bombardier in Derby and carry the coach numbers: 60251  60921  60631  60531  60171.

27 Class 222 dmu trainsets in total were manufactured made up of a mix of five and seven-car sets.  All 27 trains are operated by East Midland Trains and allocated to Derby.

 

 

News Update:

Seeing East Midlands Trains colourful livery of red, white, orange and red flashing along the railway tracks, will soon become a thing of the past.

Abellio will take over the East Midlands Trains franchise on Saturday 18th August 2019. 

The Class 43 HST Intercity 125 and Class 222 diesel multiple unit will gradually be phased out by brand new Hitachi trains that will be a variant of the bullet-nosed Class 800 bio-mode DMU.

The new trains will have a lavender livery and be branded with 'EMR' on both sides.


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Photo Class 150102 Sprinter 2-Car DMU Train St. Austell Cornwall 2016

Class 150102 'First Group' DMU at St. Austell Train Station

Photo: Charles Moorhen

In First Group Trains livery, at St. Austell station in Cornwall, Class 150102 is about to depart with a local service to Penzance in February 2016. 

150102 is one of fifteen Class 150/1 Sprinter diesel multiple units currently operating on Great Western Railway lines.

Throughout the UK rail network at present (June 2018) there are 48 Class 150/1 units in service.  Fifteen on the Great Western, thirty on the Northern and three on London Midland (now West Midland Trains).

Class 150102 was built between 1985/86 at BREL York and is allocated to St. Philip's Marsh (Bristol).

The unit coach numbers are as follows: 52102  57102.


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