Class 43 HST

Bo-bo diesel electric power car originally fitted with  Paxman Valenta 12RP200L but now equipped with Paxman 12VP185 or MTU 16V4000 R41R

All engine types give an output of approx. 2250 HP

197 power cars were originally built by BREL at Crewe between 1976 and 1982

HSTs on NE-SW services - still going strong!

VIRGIN and XCT

43153 Cheltenham 43207 Near Ambergate 2009
43301 Elford 2009 43357 Near Ambergate 2009
43303 Derby 2009 43366 Stenson Jcn 2010
43303 Taunton 2010

Elford 2009

43321 Derby 2011

43321 N Staffs Jcn 2011

Elford 2012

43207 Taunton 2012

43304 on the sea wall near Dawlish 2018

43378 heading west from Dawlish 2018

derby

43303 at Derby with the 17.45 to Edinburgh on 24th June 2021

43304 at Sheffield on 4th November 2021
43378 at Plymouth on 16th August 2022    

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