Class 43, 43277 'Safety Task Force'
Repurposed British Rail Class 43 High Speed Train (HST) Diesel Power Car 43277 'Safety Task Force' heads a Colas Rail operated Derby RTC- Doncaster West Yard Network Rail test train at speed through Attenborough Station in the County of Nottinghamshire (UK).
43277 was built at British Rail Crewe Works and entered service in 1978.
Introduced into service from 1976 as Class 253 on the Western Region and 1978 for the Class 254 on the Eastern Region, the HST's were initially marketed as the InterCity 125.
The High Speed Train power cars are/were the fastest diesel locomotives in regular service in the world and in my opinion are British Rail's finest achievement.
The high speed train powers cars feature numerous times in my photostream www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/class43/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterCity_125
Photograph taken by and copyright of my occasional photostream contributor Mr David Lewis and is posted here with very kind permission.
Class 43, 43277 'Safety Task Force'
Repurposed British Rail Class 43 High Speed Train (HST) Diesel Power Car 43277 'Safety Task Force' heads a Colas Rail operated Derby RTC- Doncaster West Yard Network Rail test train at speed through Attenborough Station in the County of Nottinghamshire (UK).
43277 was built at British Rail Crewe Works and entered service in 1978.
Introduced into service from 1976 as Class 253 on the Western Region and 1978 for the Class 254 on the Eastern Region, the HST's were initially marketed as the InterCity 125.
The High Speed Train power cars are/were the fastest diesel locomotives in regular service in the world and in my opinion are British Rail's finest achievement.
The high speed train powers cars feature numerous times in my photostream www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/class43/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterCity_125
Photograph taken by and copyright of my occasional photostream contributor Mr David Lewis and is posted here with very kind permission.