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.

For broader coverage of this topic, see British Rail Class 43 (HST).

List
Key: In service Stored Scrapped Preserved Exported
Original NumberNew NumberNameOperator Previous Operator LiveryStatusNotes
43002–Sir Kenneth Grange[1]National Railway Museum Great Western Railway InterCity Blue & GreyPreservedPreserved at the National Railway Museum. Part of the National Collection.
43003–ScotRailGreat Western Railway ScotRailIn serviceFormerly Isambard Kingdom Brunel.[2]
43004Caerphilly CastleGreat Western Railway Great Western Railway
43005 –St. Michael's Mount Great Western Railway Great Western RailwayScrappedStood down from the GWR fleet on 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.
4300643206London North Eastern Railway InterCity Blue & GreyStoredUsed in LNER HST charity railtour along with 43312.
Stored at Ely.
4300743207CrossCountryMidland Mainline InterCity Blue & GreyIn serviceRe-vinyled into British Rail Blue & Grey livery in July 2023.[4]
4300843208London North Eastern RailwayInterCity SwallowFormerly Lincolnshire Echo. Nameplate sold in 2020.[5] Re-vinyled into InterCity Swallow livery in July 2023.[6]
43009– Nunney CastleGreat Western Railway Great Western RailwayIn service43010 formerly named TSW Today, denamed January 1993, after TSW stopped broadcasting.
43010Lydford Castle
43011– First Great Western FGW 'Fag Packet'ScrappedScrapped after the Ladbroke Grove Rail Crash.
43012–ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRailIn service
43013Mark Carne OBE[7] Network Rail Virgin CrossCountry Network Rail YellowUsed for the New Measurement Train. Buffered.[7]
43014The Railway Observer[7]
43015ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail
43016 Powderham CastleGreat Western Railway Great Western Railway
43017– Great Western Railway First Great WesternStoredStored at Ely.
43018 – The Red Cross[1]Crewe Heritage Centre Great Western Railway Intercity Blue and Grey PreservedPreserved at Crewe Heritage Centre.
43019– First Great Western First Great WesternScrappedScrapped after the Ufton Nervet Rail Crash.
43020– Great Western Railway First Great WesternStoredStored at Ely.
43021 – ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRailIn service
43022 – Nether Stowey Castle Great Western Railway Great Western RailwayExportedStood down from the GWR fleet on 21 January 2023, stopped out of service at Plymouth Laira depot.[8] Exported to Mexico in August 2023.[9]
43023 – Great Western Railway First Great Western preserved
43024preserved 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 CastleGreat Western Railway Great Western Railway First Great Western In service Formerly Westminster Abbey and Glorious Devon.
43028 – ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail In service
43029 – Caldicot Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway First Great Western In service
43030 – Great Western Railway ScotRail ScrappedScrapped after the Stonehaven derailment[11]
43031 – ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail In service
43032
43033 Formerly Driver Brian Cooper.
43034
43035
43036
43037
4303843238East Midlands Railway LNER all red Stored Formerly National Railway Museum 40 Years 1975-2015. Nameplate sold in 2020.[5]
4303943239CrossCountryLondon North Eastern Railway Crosscountry In service
43040– Berry Pomeroy CastleGreat Western Railway Great Western Railway Vinyled in a Falklands 40 livery in June 2022.[12]
43041–St Catherine's Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway ScrappedStood down from the GWR fleet in 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 CastleGreat Western Railway Great Western Railway In service
43043 – East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Scrapped Scrapped at Sims Metal, Newport, April 2023.[13]
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.[14] 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.[15] 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.[16]
43047 Blue Pullman
43048 125 Group East Midlands Trains Preserved at 125 Group. Formerly T.C.B. Miller MBE.
43049 Neville Hill[17] Locomotive Services Limited InterCity Swallow
43050 – Colas Rail East Midlands Trains Stored Stored at Long Marston.
4305143251 Colas RailEast Midlands Railway LNERIn service
43052– East Midlands Railway East Midlands TrainsAwaiting scrapping at Kingsbury, September 2023
43053 – Great Western Railway First Great Western ScrappedScrapped by March 2023.[18] 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.[16]
43056Welsh Railways Trust Great Western Railway First Great Western PreservedDonated to the Welsh Railways Trust in 2021 and based at the Gwili Railway.[15][19] Formerly Royal British Legion.
4305743257 Colas Rail East Midlands Railway LNER In service Formerly Bounds Green. Nameplate sold in 2020.[5]
43058– Locomotive Services Limited[20]East Midlands Railway Rail Charter Services Green & Silver PreservedPainted green with a silver stripe in 2021.[20]
43059
43060 – County of Leicestershire 125 Preservation Colas Rail East Midlands Trains Preserved Entered preservation at the Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre.[15] Now at Railworld / NVR
43061– East Midlands Railway East Midlands TrainsScrappedScrapped at Sims Metal, Newport October 2021.
43062 –John Armitt[7]Network Rail Virgin CrossCountry Network Rail Yellow In serviceUsed for the New Measurement Train.[7]
43063 – Great Western Railway First Great Western Stored
43064 – East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Scrapped Scrapped at Sims Metal, Newport, April 2023.[13]
4306543465 RailAdventure East Midlands Railway RailAdventure In service Buffered.
43066– East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Stored
4306743467Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
British Transport Police Nottingham		 RailAdventureBuffered.
One name on each side. Named after the crews responding to the Nottingham station fire on 12 January 2018.[21]
4306843468 RailAdventure East Midlands Railway RailAdventure In service Buffered.
43069– Great Western Railway First Great Western ScrappedUsed 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.[22]
43070 Scrapped by March 2023.[18]
43071– Colne Valley Railway Great Western Railway First Great Western Preserved Preserved by 125 Heritage in November 2021.[23] Formerly 'Forward Birmingham' after the Exmouth-based Trent.
4307243272 Colas RailEast 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.[23]
4307443274 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
4307743277 Safety Task Force[24] Colas Rail[24] LNER Colas/Network Rail[24] In service[24]
43078– Great Western Railway First Great Western Stored Stored at Laira.
43079 – Great Western Railway First Great Western Scrapped Scrapped by March 2023.[18]
4308043480West Hampstead PSBRailAdventure East Midlands Railway RailAdventure In serviceBuffered, exported to Germany September 2021.[25] Returned to Eastleigh in 2022.
43081–Crewe Heritage Centre East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Preserved Preserved at Crewe Heritage Centre.[26]
43082 Colne Valley Railway The Railway Children[1] Preserved by 125 Heritage Ltd in October 2021.[23]
43083 Locomotive Services Limited
4308443484 RailAdventure East Midlands Railway RailAdventure In serviceBuffered, exported to Germany September 2021.[25] Returned to Eastleigh in 2022.
4308543285 CrossCountryMidland Mainline Crosscountry In service
43086– Great Western Railway First Great Western Stored at Laira
43087
43088 – Dartmouth Castle Great Western Railway Great Western RailwayStoredStood down from the GWR fleet on 8 May 2023, stopped out of service at Plymouth Laira depot.[27]
43089 – 125 Group East Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Preserved Previously Hayabusa diesel-battery hybrid testbed.[28]
Preserved at 125 Group.
4309043290 Network RailEast Midlands Railway LNER In serviceFormerly MTU Fascination of Power, nameplate sold in 2020.[5]
43091– Great Western Railway First Great WesternStoredStored at Laira.
43092–Cromwell's CastleGreat Western Railway Virgin CrossCountry Great Western RailwayIn service
43093Berkeley Castle Formerly Old Oak Common HST Depot 1976-2018
43094St Mawes Castle
4309543295East Midlands Railway LNERStored
4309643296 RailAdventure East Midlands Trains Stored. To be used as a spares donor.
43097–Castle Drogo Great Western RailwayVirgin CrossCountry Great Western Railway In service Formerly Environment Agency.
43098 Walton Castle
4309943299Network RailEast Midlands Railway LNER
4310043300–London North Eastern Railway LNER Stored

Damaged in a collision with 800109 at Neville Hill on 13 November 2019.[29] Formerly named Craigentinny, nameplate sold in 2020.[5]

4310143301 CrossCountryVirgin CrossCountry CrosscountryIn service
4310243302The Journey Shrinker
148.5 MPH The Worlds Fastest Diesel Train		National Railway MuseumEast Midlands Railway InterCity SwallowPreservedAlong with 43159, 43102 (43302) holds the world record for the fastest diesel locomotive in the world. Repainted into InterCity Swallow livery in February 2021.[30] Donated to the National Railway Museum after withdrawal from service in May 2021 and currently on display at Shildon.[31][32][33]
4310343303CrossCountryVirgin CrossCountry CrosscountryIn service
4310443304 Midland Mainline
4310543305– East Midlands Railway LNERStored
4310643306
4310743307
4310843308 RailAdventure Stored. To be used as a spares donor. Formerly named BBC Television Railwatch and later named Highland Chieftain, nameplate auctioned in 2020.[5]
4310943309 –
4311043310
4311143311 London North Eastern Railway
4311243312 British Rail Blue & Grey Used in LNER HST charily railtour along with 43206.
Stored at Ely.
4311343313 London North Eastern Railway LNER Scrapped Damaged in a collision on 31 October 2019.[34] Was previously stored for use as a source of spare parts for CrossCountry.[35] Taken for scrapping at Sims Metal, Newport on 23 February 2022.[36]
4311443314 East Midlands Railway Stored
4311543315 London North Eastern Railway
4311643316 East Midlands Railway
4311743317
4311843318Celebrating Forty Years
4311943319
4312043320
4312143321CrossCountryVirgin CrossCountry Crosscountry In service
43122–Dunster Castle Great Western Railway Great Western Railway
4312343423Valenta 1972-2010RailAdventureEast Midlands Railway East Midlands Trains Stored
43124–ScotRailGreat Western Railway ScotRail In service
43125
43126
43127
43128
43129
43130
43131
43132
43133
43134 Gordon Aikman BEM Named in June 2021.[37]
43135
43136
43137
43138
43139 Formerly Driver Stan Martin.
43140–– ScotRail Abellio ScotrailScrappedScrapped after the Stonehaven derailment.
43141 – ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail In service
43142
43143
43144
43145
43146
43147
43148
43149
43150
43151Formerly known as Blue Peter II.
43152
43153Chûn CastleGreat Western Railway Virgin CrossCountry Great Western Railway Formerly The English Riviera
43154Compton Castle
43155Rougemont Castle Formerly The Red Arrows
43156Maen Castle Formerly Dartington International Summer School
4315743357 CrossCountry Virgin CrossCountry CrossCountry In service
43158 Kingswear Castle Great Western Railway Great Western RailwayExportedStood down from the GWR fleet on 11 May 2023, stopped out of service at Plymouth Laira depot.[38] Exported to Mexico in August 2023.[9]
43159–125 Group Great Western Railway First Great WesternPreservedDonated to the 125 Group in 2021,[39] 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 RailwayStoredStood down from the GWR fleet on 18 February 2023, stopped out of service at Plymouth Laira depot.[40] Formerly named 'Storm Force' after the RNLI club for children.
43161 - –Great Western Railway First Great WesternStored at Laira
43162 Caerhays CastleGreat Western RailwayVirgin CrossCountry Great Western RailwayIn Service
43163 – ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRailInvolved in the Southall Rail Crash.
43164
43165–Colne Valley Railway Great Western Railway First Great WesternPreservedPreserved at the Colne Valley Railway in Halstead, Essex. Previously stored at Ely Papworth sidings.
4316643366HST 40
Celebrating 40 years of High Speed Train services on the CrossCountry Network[41]		CrossCountry[41]Midland Mainline CrossCountry[41]In service
4316743367– London North Eastern Railway LNERStoredFormerly Deltic 50 1965-2005.
43168–ScotRailGreat Western Railway ScotRailIn service
43169
43170–Chepstow Castle Great Western Railway Great Western RailwayStoredStood down from the GWR fleet on 20 May 2023. Stored at Ely.[42] Exported to Mexico in August 2023.[9]
43171–Raglan Castle Great Western Railway Great Western RailwayScrappedStood down from the GWR fleet on 20 May 2023, used as a source of spares at Plymouth Laira depot.[43] 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'[44]ScrappedScrapped after the Southall Rail Crash.
43174–– Great Western Railway First Great WesternStoredStored at Ely.
43175–ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail In service
43176
43177
4317843378CrossCountryMidland Mainline Crosscountry
43179–ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail
43180– – Great Western Railway First Great Western Scrapped Moved to Sims Metal, Newport on 2 February 2023.[18]
43181– ScotRail Great Western Railway ScotRail In service
43182
43183
4318443384 Laira Diesel Depot[45] CrossCountry[46] Midland Mainline InterCity Executive[46] Painted in current livery in 2022. Displays unit number 253051 and original vehicle number 43184.[46]
43185– – Great Western Railway InterCity SwallowStoredFormerly Great Western.
43186–Taunton Castle Great Western Railway Great Western RailwayIn service
43187 Cardiff Castle / Y Cymro The Welshman
43188 Newport Castle / Y Cymro The Welshman / Geraint Thomas
43189Launceston 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 WesternScrappedUsed 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.[22]
43194–Okehampton CastleGreat Western Railway Virgin CrossCountry Great Western RailwayIn service
43195–– Great Western Railway First Great WesternScappedStored as a source of spare parts at Plymouth Laira after hitting a tree. Moved to Sims Metal, Newport on 1 February 2023.[18]
43196– Great Western Railway Virgin CrossCountry Great Western RailwayStored at Laira
43197–– Great Western Railway First Great WesternScrappedUsed 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.[22]
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 RailwayIn serviceOne name on each side. Formerly Oxfordshire 2007.

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