List of British Rail Class 43 (HST) power cars

Class 43 (HST) is the TOPS classification used for the power cars of British Rail's InterCity 125 High Speed Train. The power cars were built by British Rail Engineering Limited between 1975 and 1982, and have been in service in the UK since 1976.

List

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Key: In service Stored Scrapped Preserved Exported
Original Number New Number Name Operator Previous Operator Livery Status Notes
43002 Sir Kenneth Grange[1] National Railway Museum Great Western Railway InterCity Blue & Grey Preserved Preserved at the National Railway Museum. Part of the National Collection.
43003 ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail In service Formerly Isambard Kingdom Brunel.[2]
43004 Caerphilly Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway
43005 St. Michael's Mount Great Western Railway Great Western Railway Scrapped Withdrawn 24 February 2023, used as a source of spares at Plymouth Laira depot.[3] Sent for scrap at Sims Metal, Newport on 4 July 2023.
43006 43206 London North Eastern Railway InterCity Blue & Grey Stored Used in LNER HST charity railtour along with 43312.
Stored at Ely.
43007 43207 CrossCountry
Midland Mainline
InterCity Blue & Grey Re-vinyled into British Rail Blue & Grey livery in July 2023.[4]
43008 43208 London North Eastern Railway

CrossCountry

InterCity Swallow Formerly Lincolnshire Echo. Nameplate sold in 2020.[5] Re-vinyled into InterCity Swallow livery in 2023.[4]
43009 Nunney Castle[6] Great Western Railway Great Western Railway Exported 43010 formerly named TSW Today, denamed January 1993, after TSW stopped broadcasting.[6]
43010 Lydford Castle [6]
43011 First Great Western FGW 'Fag Packet' Scrapped Scrapped after the Ladbroke Grove Rail Crash.[6]
43012 ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail In service
43013 Mark Carne OBE[7] Network Rail Virgin CrossCountry Network Rail Yellow Used for the New Measurement Train. Buffered.[7]
43014 The Railway Observer[7]
43015 ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail
43016 Powderham Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway
43017 Great Western Railway First Great Western Stored Stored at Ely.
43018 The Red Cross[1] Crewe Heritage Centre Great Western Railway Intercity Blue and Grey Preserved Preserved at Crewe Heritage Centre.
43019 First Great Western First Great Western Scrapped Scrapped after the Ufton Nervet Rail Crash.
43020 Great Western Railway First Great Western Stored Stored at Ely.
43021 ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail In service
43022 Nether Stowey Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway Exported Withdrawn 21 January 2023, stored at Plymouth Laira depot.[8] Exported to Mexico in August 2023 as FIT3008.[9]
43023 Great Western Railway First Great Western Preserved
43024 Preserved at Colne valley railway.
43025 “The Institution of Railway Operators” 125 Group Great Western Railway First Great Western Preserved Preserved by the 125 Group at Ruddington.[10]
43026 ScotRail Great Western Railway Formerly City of Westminster and Michael Eavis.
43027 Acton Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway First Great Western Stored Formerly Westminster Abbey and Glorious Devon.

Withdrawn December 2023.[11]

43028 ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail In service
43029 Caldicot Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway First Great Western Stored Withdrawn December 2023.[11]
43030 Great Western Railway ScotRail Scrapped Scrapped after the Stonehaven derailment[12]
43031 ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail In service
43032
43033 Formerly Driver Brian Cooper.
43034
43035
43036
43037
43038 43238 East Midlands Railway LNER all red Stored Formerly National Railway Museum 40 Years 1975-2015. Nameplate sold in 2020.[5]
43039 43239 London North Eastern Railway

CrossCountry

Crosscountry In service
43040 Berry Pomeroy Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway Vinyled in a Falklands 40 livery in June 2022.[13]
43041 St Catherine's Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway Scrapped Withdrawn January 2023, used as a source of spares at Plymouth Laira depot.[8] Sent for scrap at Sims Metal, Newport on 5 July 2023.
43042 Tregenna Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway In service
43043 East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Scrapped Scrapped at Sims Metal, Newport, April 2023.[14]
43044 Edward Paxman[1] 125 Group East Midlands Railway InterCity Executive Preserved Purchased by the 125 Group in 2021. Is expected to have its original Valenta engine restored.[15] Currently stored at the Nottingham Heritage Railway.
43045 The Doncaster School AD1450 125 Preservation Colas Rail East Midlands Trains Entered preservation at the Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre.[16] Now at Railworld / NVR
43046 Geoff Drury 1930-1999
Steam Preservation and Computerised Track Recording Pioneer
Locomotive Services Limited East Midlands Railway Blue Pullman Blue Pullman livery.[17]
43047 Blue Pullman
43048 125 Group East Midlands Trains Preserved at 125 Group. Formerly T.C.B. Miller MBE.
43049 Neville Hill[18] Locomotive Services Limited InterCity Swallow
43050 Colas Rail East Midlands Trains Stored Stored at Long Marston.
43051 43251 Colas Rail East Midlands Railway LNER In service
43052 East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Scrapped Awaiting scrapping at Kingsbury, September 2023
43053 Great Western Railway First Great Western Scrapped Scrapped at Sims Metal, Newport by March 2023.[19] Formerly University of Worcester.
43054 East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Stored, will most likely be scrapped in future
43055 Locomotive Services Limited East Midlands Railway Blue Pullman Preserved Blue Pullman livery.[17]
43056 Welsh Railways Trust Great Western Railway First Great Western Preserved Donated to the Welsh Railways Trust in 2021 and based at the Gwili Railway.[16][20] Formerly Royal British Legion.
43057 43257 Colas Rail East Midlands Railway LNER In service Formerly Bounds Green. Nameplate sold in 2020.[5]
43058 Locomotive Services Limited[21] East Midlands Railway Rail Charter Services Green & Silver Preserved Painted green with a silver stripe in 2021.[21]
43059
43060 County of Leicestershire 125 Preservation Colas Rail East Midlands Trains Preserved Entered preservation at the Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre.[16] Now at Railworld / NVR
43061 East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Scrapped Scrapped at Sims Metal, Newport October 2021.
43062 John Armitt[7] Network Rail Virgin CrossCountry Network Rail Yellow In service Used for the New Measurement Train.[7]
43063 Great Western Railway First Great Western Stored
43064 East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Scrapped Scrappedat Sims Metal, Newport, April 2023.[14]
43065 43465 RailAdventure East Midlands Railway RailAdventure In service Buffered.
43066 East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Stored
43067 43467 Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
British Transport Police Nottingham
RailAdventure Buffered.
One name on each side. Named after the crews responding to the Nottingham station fire on 12 January 2018.[22]
43068 43468 RailAdventure East Midlands Railway RailAdventure In service Buffered.
43069 Great Western Railway First Great Western Scrapped Used as a spares donor for Great Western Railway's fleet of ‘Castle’ power cars at Plymouth Laira depot, taken for scrapping at Sims Metal, Newport on 31 May 2022.[23]
43070 Scrapped at Sims Metal, Newport by March 2023.[19]
43071 Colne Valley Railway Great Western Railway First Great Western Preserved Preserved by 125 Heritage in November 2021.[24] Formerly 'Forward Birmingham' after the Exmouth-based Trent.
43072 43272 Colas Rail East Midlands Railway LNER In service Based at Derby R.T.C.
43073 Neville Hill HST Depot 42 Years Colne Valley Railway East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Preserved Preserved by 125 Heritage in November 2021.[24]
43074 43274 Colas Rail East Midlands Railway EMR Purple In service Formerly Spirit of Sunderland, nameplate sold in 2020.[5] Based at Derby R.T.C.
43075 East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Scrapped Scrapped at Sims Metal, Newport October 2021.
43076 East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Stored
43077 43277 Safety Task Force[25] Colas Rail[25] LNER Colas/Network Rail[25] In service[25]
43078 Great Western Railway First Great Western Stored Stored at Laira.
43079 Great Western Railway First Great Western Scrapped Scrapped at Sims Metal, Newport by March 2023.[19]
43080 43480 West Hampstead PSB RailAdventure East Midlands Railway RailAdventure In service Buffered, exported to Germany September 2021.[26] Returned to Eastleigh in 2022.
43081 Crewe Heritage Centre East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Preserved Preserved at Crewe Heritage Centre.[27]
43082 Colne Valley Railway The Railway Children[1] Preserved by 125 Heritage Ltd in October 2021.[24]
43083 Locomotive Services Limited
43084 43484 RailAdventure East Midlands Railway RailAdventure In service Buffered, exported to Germany September 2021.[26] Returned to Eastleigh in 2022.
43085 43285 Colas Rail CrossCountry Crosscountry In service[3]
43086 Great Western Railway First Great Western Stored Stored at Laira
43087
43088 Dartmouth Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway Stored Withdrawn 8 May 2023, stored at Plymouth Laira depot.[3]
43089 125 Group East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Preserved Previously Hayabusa diesel-battery hybrid testbed.[citation needed]
Preserved at 125 Group.
43090 43290 Network Rail East Midlands Railway LNER In service Formerly MTU Fascination of Power, nameplate sold in 2020.[5]
43091 Great Western Railway First Great Western Stored Stored at Laira.
43092 Cromwell's Castle Great Western Railway Virgin CrossCountry Great Western Railway In service
43093 Berkeley Castle Formerly Old Oak Common HST Depot 1976-2018
43094 St Mawes Castle Great Western Railway Virgin CrossCountry Great Western Railway In service Still In use today until 2030
43095 43295 East Midlands Railway LNER Stored
43096 43296 RailAdventure East Midlands Trains Stored. To be used as a spares donor.
43097 Castle Drogo Great Western Railway Virgin CrossCountry Great Western Railway In service Formerly Environment Agency.
43098 Walton Castle
43099 43299 Network Rail East Midlands Railway LNER
43100 43300 London North Eastern Railway LNER Stored

Damaged in a collision with 800109 at Neville Hill on 13 November 2019.[28] Formerly named Craigentinny, nameplate sold in 2020.[5]

43101 43301 Stored CrossCountry
Virgin CrossCountry
Crosscountry
43102 43302 The Journey Shrinker
148.5 MPH The Worlds Fastest Diesel Train
National Railway Museum East Midlands Railway InterCity Swallow Preserved Along with 43159, 43102 (43302) holds the world record for the fastest diesel locomotive in the world. Repainted into InterCity Swallow livery in February 2021.[29] Donated to the National Railway Museum after withdrawal from service in May 2021 and currently on display at Shildon.[30][31][32]
43103 43303 Stored CrossCountry
Virgin CrossCountry
Crosscountry
43104 43304 CrossCountry
Midland Mainline
43105 43305 East Midlands Railway LNER Stored
43106 43306
43107 43307
43108 43308 RailAdventure Stored. To be used as a spares donor. Formerly named BBC Television Railwatch and later named Highland Chieftain, nameplate auctioned in 2020.[5]
43109 43309
43110 43310
43111 43311 London North Eastern Railway
43112 43312 British Rail Blue & Grey Used in LNER HST charily railtour along with 43206.
Stored at Ely.
43113 43313 London North Eastern Railway LNER Scrapped Damaged in a collision on 31 October 2019.[33][full citation needed] Was previously stored for use as a source of spare parts for CrossCountry.[34] Taken for scrapping at Sims Metal, Newport on 23 February 2022.[35]
43114 43314 East Midlands Railway Stored
43115 43315 London North Eastern Railway
43116 43316 East Midlands Railway
43117 43317
43118 43318 Celebrating Forty Years
43119 43319
43120 43320
43121 43321 Colas Rail CrossCountry CrossCountry In service[3]
43122 Dunster Castle Great Western Railway Virgin CrossCountry Great Western Railway Stored Withdrawn December 2023.[11]
43123 43423 Valenta 1972-2010 RailAdventure East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains In service Buffered.
43124 ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail In service
43125
43126
43127
43128
43129
43130
43131
43132
43133
43134 Gordon Aikman BEM Named in June 2021.[36]
43135
43136
43137
43138
43139 Formerly Driver Stan Martin.
43140 ScotRail Abellio Scotrail Scrapped Scrapped after the Stonehaven derailment.
43141 ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail In service
43142
43143
43144
43145
43146
43147
43148
43149
43150
43151 Formerly known as Blue Peter II.
43152
43153 Great Western Railway Virgin CrossCountry Great Western Railway Stored Formerly Chûn Castle[37] and The English Riviera.[citation needed]

Withdrawn December 2023.[11]

43154 Compton Castle Withdrawn December 2023.[11]
43155 Rougemont Castle Formerly The Red Arrows.

Withdrawn December 2023.[11]

43156 Maen Castle Great Western Railway Virgin CrossCountry Great Western Railway In service Formerly Dartington International Summer School
43157 43357 Colas Rail CrossCountry CrossCountry In service[3]
43158 Kingswear Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway Exported Withdrawn 11 May 2023.[3] Exported to Mexico in August 2023.
43159 125 Group Great Western Railway Midland Mainline Preserved Donated to the 125 Group in 2021,[38] currently stored awaiting restoration at the Nottingham Heritage Railway.
Along with 43102 (43302), 43159 holds the world record for the fastest diesel locomotive in the world.
43160 Castle-an-Dinas Great Western Railway Great Western Railway Stored Withdrawn 18 February 2023, stored at Plymouth Laira depot.[39] Formerly named 'Storm Force' after the RNLI club for children.
43161 - Great Western Railway First Great Western Stored Stored at Laira for use as spare donor.[39]
43162 Great Western Railway Virgin CrossCountry Great Western Railway Stored Formerly Caerhays Castle[37] Withdrawn December 2023.[11]
43163 ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail In Service Involved in the Southall Rail Crash.
43164
43165 Colne Valley Railway Great Western Railway First Great Western Preserved Preserved at the Colne Valley Railway in Halstead, Essex. Previously stored at Ely Papworth sidings.
43166 43366 HST 40
Celebrating 40 years of High Speed Train services on the CrossCountry Network
[40]
Stored Midland Mainline

CrossCountry

CrossCountry[40] stored
43167 43367 London North Eastern Railway LNER Stored Formerly Deltic 50 1965-2005.
43168 ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail In service
43169
43170 Chepstow Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway Stored Withdrawn 20 May 2023. Stored at Ely.[3] Exported to Mexico in August 2023 as FIT3007.[9]
43171 Raglan Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway Scrapped Withdrawn 20 May 2023.[3] Sent for scrap at Sims Metal, Newport on 6 July 2023.
43172 Tiverton Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway In service Formerly Harry Patch.
43173 Great Western Trains Great Western Trains 'Merlin'[41][full citation needed] Scrapped Scrapped after the Southall Rail Crash.
43174 Great Western Railway First Great Western Stored Stored at Ely.
43175 ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail In service
43176
43177
43178 43378 Stored Midland Mainline

CrossCountry

Crosscountry
43179 ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail
43180 Great Western Railway First Great Western Scrapped Moved to Sims Metal, Newport on 2 February 2023.[19]
43181 ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail In service
43182
43183
43184 43384 Laira Diesel Depot[citation needed] Stored Midland Mainline

CrossCountry

InterCity Executive[42] Painted in current livery in 2022. Displays unit number 253051 and original vehicle number 43184.[42]
43185 Great Western Railway InterCity Swallow Stored Formerly Great Western.
43186 Taunton Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway In service
43187 Cardiff Castle / Y Cymro The Welshman
43188 Newport Castle / Y Cymro The Welshman / Geraint Thomas
43189 Launceston Castle
43190 Great Western Railway First Great Western Stored
43191 Stored at Ely.
43192 Trematon Castle Great Western Railway - Great Western Railway In service
43193 Great Western Railway First Great Western Scrapped Used as a spares donor for Great Western Railway's fleet of ‘Castle’ power cars at Plymouth Laira depot, taken for scrapping at Sims Metal, Newport on 31 May 2022.[23]
43194 Okehampton Castle Great Western Railway Virgin CrossCountry Great Western Railway Stored Withdrawn December 2023.[11]
43195 Great Western Railway First Great Western Scrapped Stored as a source of spare parts at Plymouth Laira after hitting a tree. Moved to Sims Metal, Newport on 1 February 2023.[19]
43196 Great Western Railway Virgin CrossCountry Great Western Railway Stored at Laira
43197 Great Western Railway First Great Western Scrapped Used as a spares donor for Great Western Railway's fleet of ‘Castle’ power cars at Plymouth Laira depot, taken for scrapping at Sims Metal, Newport on 31 May 2022.[23]
43198 Driver Brian Cooper 15 June 1947 - 5 October 1999
Driver Stan Martin 25 June 1950 - 6 November 2004.
Great Western Railway Virgin CrossCountry Great Western Railway In service One name on each side. Formerly Oxfordshire 2007.

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