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This is one of only two Lotus 43's produced, and was taken to victory at Watkins Glen by Jim Clark.
The car uses an H-16 engine, an overly heavy and complicated power unit, and when this car was rebuilt in conjunction with Lotus, Andy had to actually find three units to construct a single workable example.
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The two Class 43 power cars in Intercity 125 livery are former celebrity pair 253 003 (43006, 43206) & 254 029 (43112 43312) languishing at Potter, Ely, prior to a museum or heritage railway placement.
A farewell tour of the Class 43's on the East Coast Main Line took place over several days, up to Saturday 21st December 2019. Several carriages, were hand painted especially for the final journey, by operator LNER.
Lamanai: The High Temple (N10-43)
The High Temple at Lamanai clearly takes its name from the impressive 33 metres it rises from the jungle floor to overlook the canopy and provide an imperious view along the river. The first phases of Structure N10-43’s construction date back to 100BC and already rising to this dominating height. At the time, it would have been the tallest building in Mesoamerica and would have certainly broadcast a statement to Lamanai’s neighbours, rivals and anyone travelling along the river trade route.
The High Temple was built over an existing residential area with evidence of food waste and domestic pottery being found beneath the temple which date back to 300BC. The building style at Lamanai is quite different to the classic Maya construction (leading to the designation of Lamanai Building Type or LBT), and Structure N10-43 is a good example of their individual style, with large terraces and three stairways running up it. [August 9, 2014 Robin Heyworth]
Locomotive Services Class 43's, 43046 & 43055 on the Midland Pullman tour with 1Z45 Watford Junction - Edinburgh Waverley on the 8th of December 2022
Video of this passing plus a variety of other afternoon traffic: youtu.be/37sUu-ef7tc
Canon EOS R+Adaptador EF-EOS R
Canon EF17-40mm f/4L USM
ISO:100 - 32mm - f/10 - 1/4 seg.
11 h. 13 m. 43 s.
Locomotive Services Class 43's, 43046 & 43055 exit Greenfoot Goods Loop working 5Z24 Crewe - Dundee on the 3rd of December 2021
Video youtu.be/0SwmUHDMvik
After experiencing electrical issues with a traction motor while pulling the Sunset Limited a few days before, the train's crew decided to set-out this P42 at the Houston Amtrak Station. A few days later, the locomotive is still sitting dead in the station's depot track.
Amtrak trains haven't normally overnighted in Houston since the Texas Eagle's Houston section was cancelled in 1995, so AMTK 43's layover here made for a neat photo opportunity.
After a contract crew came out and changed-out the traction motor, the locomotive would be picked up by another Sunset Limited. In the end, this P42 got a 9 day stay in Houston.
AMTK P42DC #43
Houston, TX
February 6th, 2025
253001 ‘Sir Kenneth Grange’ British Rail Class 43 Bo-Bo
York, National Railway Museum 15/04/2024
As the mainline dominance of the Class 43’s is usurped by more modern high speed passenger trains, some fortunate power-cars pass into retirement with their status as an iconic railway design already assured.
LSL Class 43’s Nos. 43049 ‘Neville Hill’ and 43046 ‘Geoff Drury 19-30-1999’ are seen powering up past Powderham whilst working the ‘Torbay Riviera Pullman’, 1Z16 16:37 Paignton to Barrow-In-Furness.
21/05/2022
Forty-three would rather shoot stationary things; 10 prefers action. Flying, splashing, making a mess. That's what 10 likes to shoot. So this is her version of 43's boots (which she considers totally ridiculous; she would like to get them really dirty; maybe some day).
HST Power Cars 43195, 43172 and 43141 are lined up at London Paddington station.
The scene from 2017 is unlikely to be repeated as HSTs have been replaced by Class 800s on GWR's long distance services.
The three Class 43's have gone their separate ways:
43195 has been condemned and will be used for spares.
43172 remains in service on shorter, regional GWR services.
43141 has, along with 54 more power cars and 27 sets of carriages, has been transferred to Scotrail and runs on services between Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness.
Abellio ScotRail Class 43's, 43127 & 43125 passing the scenic spot at Dalguise working 1H51 Glasgow Queen Street - Inverness on the 14th of January 2022
Video also including a Class 170 - youtu.be/iRnj1lTEP1M
Metroline's VWH2009 and BDE2621 Both on Route 43 at Archway Tavern. This photo was taken when the BDE's were first entering service.
The 43’s BDE’s have started making regular appearances on route 17 as of late. BDE2632 picks up on York Way, Kings Cross on the 17
05/09/23 Chevin: CrossCountry Class 43 43008 & 43007 head towards Derby working 1V50 06:06 Edinburgh - Plymouth. The wonkiness on the Intercity livery applied to 43008 really stands out.
An excellent morning at Chevin with 20 or so fellow photographers awaiting the final southbound run of these now celebrity 43's in passenger service. We were also treated to a couple of freights and not one bit of worry about 'being squiffed'.
43048 Class 43/HST BR Bo-Bo
A new milestone in preservation has been reached as the venerable British Rail Class 43’s have begun to move off the mainline and into retirement. 43048 has become one of the lucky few to live on in the heritage sector under the stewardship of the 125 Group, and is seen here preparing to depart Butterley in June 2022 at the Midland Railway.
Proviso to North Platte manifest train has pair of big MAC's up front as they hammer west with a big piece of crap junk train. These 90-43's look good with the wings added to the nose.
After L2 stalled at milepost 35, L1 came back north and dragged them all the way south to Norma. Here they are just south of Bloomer.
are both seen at Archway station with the 143 standing to prepare to depart towards Brent Cross, and the 43 heading towards London Bridge.
first impressions of the X100VI, after just a few dozen snapshots:
I'd forgotten what a take-everywhere little joy the X100 cameras are! I had pretty much been resigned to immediately selling the VI after having waited so long for mine to arrive, especially since the Q343 has become my true ride-or-die, and because I never *fully* fell in love with the X100V. I loved that camera, but even though it had the same sensor as the lovely X-T4, the V's output always bordered on flat and artificial for my tastes, with brittle files prone to blown-out highlights and not-so-pleasing colors from most of the built-in film sims. as turns out, this is essentially the same gorgeous X100V body (looks insanely good in silver), with IBIS, and far better color response and tonality (reviewers who say images from the V and VI are indistinguishable are crazy – these are so much nicer). the inclusion of reala ace and nostalgic negative, my two favorite fujifilm film sims, helps too!
small caveat: lightroom's handling of the X-Trans V RAW files also seems to have improved drastically from when I owned an X-T5—the cartoonish colors I'd always get out of that camera are a big part of what drove me to sell all my Fuji X gear a couple years ago—so there's a chance some of the difference I'm experiencing over the V can be chalked up to that, too. in any case, the stuff I'm getting out of this VI even before having a chance to really tinker with it looks excellent. much improved.
and thanks to the very different-feeling focal length and much smaller size, it really doesn't step on the 43's toes like I thought it might. the V feels like the modern-day Contax T3 that was never made: it's a gorgeous, precise little jewel of a snapshot machine. the 43, on the other hand, feels like the modern-day G3 that was never made: a serious, precision workhorse with optics to die for. not apples-to-apples at all, and not a perfect analogy, of course, but it feels right in spirit.
i think i'll keep it!
The Staycation Express
Short set HST Class 43's 43059 & 43058 are seen at Settle Jn with 1Z44 1509 Carlisle to Skipton.
Taken on the 2nd Sept 2021.
There was clearly a policy of officially withdrawing several RM`s a few weeks prior to the service changes of 4 September 1982 that would result in around two hundred being deemed surplus to requirements.
At Muswell Hill Garage on 24 August 1982, former driver trainer RM 175 is without blinds and L plates but is otherwise a complete bus. It was one of several with an AEC engine that met the withdrawal criteria and was sent to Norths for parts reclaim and subsequent scrapping. It carries an NS garage code and had been active there as a trainer so why it has finished up at Muswell Hill isn`t clear.
Ford Escort service vehicle 2291F is also present as are several DM`s for the 43`s which would revert to RM operation with the aforementioned service changes.
Heading up through Curbar Gap but stopped to take the picture overlooking Calver & Stoney Middleton..
The sun popped out (a little bit) this afternoon..
So Navi and I did too!! Lovely little 43 smiles out and about in my near Peak District area!
Amazing cloud inversions and sunset too.!
We both needed a bit of a wash after!!
Below Cubar Edge - 5 pic stitch using Image Composite Editor.
With so many HST's getting retired, it's no wonder some of the class 43 power cars are ending up with private operators. Colas rail has a few of them as well now. The New Measurement Train, that recognizable, yellow train, is now no longer fully yellow are some of Colas' 43's have ended up hauling it. And Colas didn't put too much effort into hiding the previous user of some 43's. So the 43251 may hae a Colas logo, the livery kinda gives away it once hauled HST's for LNER. This day it hauled an NMT together with the 43257 along the Scottish east coast. Maybe it should just be renamed to something like ""high speed measurement train (HSmT)", because the word "New" in it's name don't really apply any more.
01/08/21 Arley: Class 43 43277, 43251, 43257, 43274 & 43272 are seen stabled in the station yard awaiting developments on their future working for Colas on Network Rail test trains.
The Network Rail New Measurement Train HST set is seen passing Dawlish with Class 43's No. 43014 and 43013 in charge, the working is 1Z20 16:34 Penzance to Derby RTC
This adversary Skyhawk from the Challengers of VF-43 was photographed on a rainy morning at its home base, NAS Oceana, in April 1976.
At that time, VF-43's A-4Es, along with their F-5Es and T-38As, provided adversary services to the squadrons based at NAS Oceana as well as from other visiting U.S. east coast locations.
The squadron was disestablished on 01 July 1994 with the adversary duties being taken up with what became VFC-12 (formerly VC-12).
This particular aircraft was destroyed in a crash on 23 June 1988.
RA Class 43's 468,480,484 & 465 lead a set of two barrier Wagons through Crewe, working 6Z76 1205 Tyseley Steam Trust to Walton Old Jn.M.S.C.Sdgs
Today I learned that my father flew on this very airplane when he traveled from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Miami, Florida in 1942. He was a journalist working for United Press International in Rio. My mother and my late brother stayed home. It was WWII and space on commercial flights was at a premium.
Can that really have been 80 years ago?
Father never mentioned having flown in this type of airliner. He did like to tell the story of being on board a plane at a South American airport during iffy weather. Imagine his shock and the other passengers' when the pilot emerged from the cockpit, stood at the front of the cabin and asked them whether he should take off!
In this photo taken in late 1937, the flying boat is moored in Miami.
The plane is a Sikorsky S-43B.
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The S-43 was originally designed for a Pan American requirement for a twin-engined amphibian for secondary Latin American routes.
Essentially a scaled-down version of the S-42, the S-43 employed a single-step hull and a single tail group. The wing rested on a central pylon, supported on either side by N-struts. Wing flaps covering 48% of the span reduced the stall speed to 65 mph.
The S-42 had twin vertical tails. Many of the S-43s had the same arrangement, but some had a single tail. Biggest difference other than size and the S-43's amphibious capabilities (although some S-43s were built as flying boats) were the powerplants, only two 750hp Pratt & Whitney Hornets on the S-43. The smaller airplane had a gross weight of 19,5001b (8,845kg) and could seat 16 to 24, depending on the legroom. Both transports were certificated in 1935.
After the first flight on 5 June 1935 (piloted by Boris Sergievsky), the first of fourteen S-43s delivered to Pan American (ATC 593) entered Latin American service in April 1936, though most were subsequently turned over to Panair do Brasil and other subsidiary operations.
Sikorsky Aircraft built 53 S-43 twin engined amphibians in the mid1930s.
In 1938 Pan American used one of its S-43s on survey flights for planned route extensions to Alaska.
Additionally, four were sold Inter-Islan Airways Airways (later renamed Hawaiian, Airlines) in the Hawaiian Islands, four to Aeromaritime - an Air France affiliate, in West Africa, KLM's Netherlands East Indies associate, and one to DNL-Norwegian Airlines.
Twenty-two amphibians were delivered as S-43s (NC15061-15068, NC16925, NC16928, NC16934, and NC20698), plus one S-43-A and three S-43-Bs (NC16926-16927, and NC16931-16933) with minor detail changes.
Specifications of the S-43B:
S-43-B
Engine: two 750hp P&W Hornet
Wingspan: 86'0"
Length: 51'2"
Useful load: 6750 lb
Max speed: 194 mph
Cruise: 167 mph
Stall: 65 mph
Range: 775 mi
Ceiling: 17,500'
Passengers: 16-25
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East Midlands Railways 43468 pauses at Derby whilst working 5C52 12:24 Nottingham – Sheffield empty coaching stock, 9th October 2019.
Locomotive History
43468 is one of the class 43’s fitted with buffers on the nose end, (fitted during Class 91/DVT testing on the ECML). Originally numbered 43068 it was built for East Coast Main Line services and entered service in November 1977 as part of set 254007. It transferred to Cross Country services with the completion of the East Coast Main Line electrification and following the introduction of the class 220/221 Voyager fleet for Cross Country duties it was placed in store in May 2004. However 2007 saw Grand Central purchased six power cars outright from Porterbrook, including 43068, for there new open access East Coast Main Line services and they were sent to DML Devonport to have the major refurbishments required to bring them back into frontline service. 43068 entered Brush, Loughborough in April 2010 to be “re-engineered” and has had its original Paxman Valenta engine replaced by a MTU unit and was renumbered 43468 on release in September 2010. In January 2018 the six redundant Grand Central HST sets (displaced by Class 180’s) moved over to East Midlands Trains to provide additional capacity and following attention and re-livery entered traffic in the spring of 2018.
Abellio Scotrail Inter7City Class 43 No. 43163 is seen here at Glasgow Queen Street Platform 2 prior to departure as service 5T98 which was the 13:09 Glasgow Queen Street to Eastfield H.S [Empty Coaching Stock Move].
Coupled behind 43163 was refurbished automatic sliding door Mk3 Coach Set No. HA16 and on the front of the consist was matching Inter7City liveried Powercar No. 43142.
Sokszor fotózott épület,de én nagyon szeretem,és végre vannak szűrőim : egy ND1000x és egy ND8x van a Sigma 20 mm/1,8 előtt. Így a záridő 43 s.
It is the time required for light to travel, in a vacuum, a distance of 1 Planck length, approximately 5.39 × 10−43 s.
20205 , 20007 and 20142 SIR JOHN BETJEMAN with class 43's 43480 and 43468 on the rear drift through Whitacre junction with positioning move from svr Kidderminster to watford
With time rapidly running out for the Class 43's, LNER Class 43, No 43315 hammers through Doncaster with an Edinburgh to London Kings Cross service.
43(s)miles around the local Peak District.. No rain! Sunshine came and went but makes for interesting light for pictures!
That's Stanage Edge in the background..
Stopped twice for coffee.. Saved 6 squid by taking my own!! :)
Gerlache Strait, Antarctica - 64° 43′ South
Mother humpback whale and her calf enjoying the calm waters of the strait.
Locomotive Services Limited Class 43's, 43049 in InterCity livery & 43046 arriving into Cumbernauld station working 1Z17 Llandudno - Perth Midland Pullman tour on the 2nd of July 2022
Video of the HST arriving & departing youtu.be/7JKDhBe4wCY
Network Rail (Ex LNER) 43290 TnT 43299 are seen sat in Manchester Piccadilly while making their once a month appearance in Manchester Piccadilly with 1Q14 York - Manchester Piccadilly and 1Q15 Back to Derby RTC NMT HST Test Train - 9th May 2022
Metroline TE831 (LK57AXJ) on route 43 towards London Bridge at Muswell Hill on 11/01/2019
When route 43's contract was renewed in 2012, it was specified with a mix of Volvo B7TL/Plaxton Presidents and new Volvo B9TL/Wright Gemini 2s.
Due to fleet reshuffles, a large number of the Volvo/Wrights have departed meaning that the route became a mix of Enviro400s and B7TL/Presidents.
Following renewals and reshuffles on other routes, surplus Enviro400s, mainly from Edgware have moved to Holloway to oust the VPLs there.
Due to the incoming ULEZ in April 2019, the route will get a mix of Volvo B5LHs with Wright Gemini 3 and MCV Evoseti bodywork until new electric BYD/Enviro400 City double decks arrive.
TE831 is seen at Colney Hatch Lane approaching Muswell Hill Broadway en route towards London Bridge, though the blind says Friern Barnet, where the journey originated from.
Rail Adventure 43's 43484 & 43465 on the DBSO Scotrail set arriving at Haworth after 37401 had been coupled to the front, Keighley And Worth Valley Railway Summer Diesel Gala 25/06/2023