The Great British High Speed Train (HST)
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Hello and welcome to my gallery dedicated to the Inter City 125, surely the most succesful train this country has ever known. Whilst the HST will be with us for a few years yet, the fantastic sound of the Paxman Valenta 12RP200L is likely to disappear all too soon, to be replaced by the eco-friendly MTU.
My aim is to include at least one photo of each of the power cars, building up into a comprehensive on-line photo album.
This then is my tribute to the Class 43, as BR finally called them. I hope you enjoy the pics.
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43080 + 43068 round the curve into York with 1A62 the 12:30 Sunderland to Kings Cross on Saturday 31/10/2009.
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    1 In dismal weather 43002 'Techniquest', working with 43003, waits to leave Exeter St Davids with the 13:54 to London Paddington on Saturday 1/12/2007.  The end of the Valenta  (5)
    2 43002 'Techniquest' awaits departure time at Paddington's Platform 7 with the final Valenta powered departure, the 22:45 to Swansea, on Thursday 3/1/2008.  The end of the Valenta  (4)
    3 43102 + 43084 pass Marazion with 1S35 the 9:22 Penzance to Edinburgh on Friday 21/9/2001.  43101 - 43110  (2)
    4 43003 'Isambard Kingdom Brunel' leads the 10:05 Paddington to Exeter service through Taunton on Saturday 1/12/2007. 43003 carries the original set number 253001, as did 43002 on the other end of the set.  The end of the Valenta  (2)
    5 43014 at Culham, Oxfordshire, with the 16:17 Bournemouth to Manchester on Friday 10/07/1992. 43071 brings up the rear.  43011 - 43020  (2)
    6 43002 'Techniquest' at Bristol Parkway on its last working as a Valenta in the early hours of Friday 4/1/2008.  The end of the Valenta  (2)
    7 The end of real HSTs on First Great Western. 43002 'Techniquest' stands at the buffers at Swansea after arrival with 22:45 Paddington to Swansea. 2:35am on Friday 4/1/2008.  The end of the Valenta  (2)
    8 43178 rolls into York with 1S12 10:30 Kings Cross to Aberdeen on Tuesday 8/4/2008.  43171 - 43180  (1)
    9 43057 at Derby on the back of the 17:25 Sheffield to St Pancras on Tuesday 13/5/2004.  43051 - 43060  (1)
    10 43104 trails 1E47 9:40 Newquay to Newcastle out of Bristol Temple Meads on Saturday 23/8/2008.  43101 - 43110  (1)
    Most Recent Collections
    26th May 20081 Recent Additions
    4th Mar 200743002 - 43010
    5th Mar 200743011 - 43020
    11th Mar 200743021 - 43030
    20th Mar 200743031 - 43040
    29th Mar 200743041 - 43050
    11th Apr 200743051 - 43060
    23rd Apr 200743061 - 43070
    1st May 200743071 - 43080
    4th Jun 200743081 - 43090
    11th Jun 200743091 - 43100
    17th Jun 200743101 - 43110
    25th Jun 200743111 - 43120
    3rd Jul 200743121 - 43130
    16th Jul 200743131 - 43140
    24th Jul 200743141 - 43150
    20th Aug 200743151 - 43160
    27th Aug 200743161 - 43170
    4th Sep 200743171 - 43180
    11th Sep 200743181 - 43190
    17th Sep 200743191 - 43198
    4th Oct 2007The end of the Valenta
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    In dismal weather 43002 'Techniquest', working with 43003, waits to leave Exeter St Davids with the 13:54 to London Paddington on Saturday 1/12/2007.
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