Join me on my merry trek of old ruins, cinemas, railways and things that just catch my attention around Yorkshire and the UK. John.
View this post on Instagram Prototype InterCity 125 HST power car 41001 back in May at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Diesel Gala This locomotive, as part of a train with 41002 (now scrapped), set a UK rail speed record ⏱️in June 1973 of 131mph near Thirsk. They were built in 1972 at Derby and Crewe. . The current diesel rail speed record stands at 148mph set by a production HST in the late 1980s. 🚄💨 . 43001 is owned by the National Railway Museum and has been loaned out to the 125 Group for the last 8 years who restored it to working order, replaced the engine and have taken it out to various preserved railways around the country. It has just been announced that it is due to return to NRM in November. . The Paxman Valenta engines in this locomotive and the production HSTs were _loud_ when driven hard and were very smoky. I remember hearing them regularly screaming out of Plymouth station when I lived near the railway there. The production fleet had their engines replaced with cleaner but quieter engines a few years ago ☹️ The engines also saw use in some non-nuclear UK submarines 🌊 . The production HSTs (class 43) had to accommodate two drivers so the front had to be redesigned with a wider window (and the buffers were removed). . Will this power car see more service in the future or will it return to being a static exhibit in the museum at York? . #intercity125 #125group #nrm #hst #highspeedtrain #speedrecord #41001 #kwvr #oxenhope #paxmanvalenta #railway #britishrail #heritagediesel #mark3coach A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Oct 11, 2019 at 8:51am PDT
Prototype InterCity 125 HST power car 41001 back in May at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Diesel Gala This locomotive, as part of a train with 41002 (now scrapped), set a UK rail speed record ⏱️in June 1973 of 131mph near Thirsk. They were built in 1972 at Derby and Crewe. . The current diesel rail speed record stands at 148mph set by a production HST in the late 1980s. 🚄💨 . 43001 is owned by the National Railway Museum and has been loaned out to the 125 Group for the last 8 years who restored it to working order, replaced the engine and have taken it out to various preserved railways around the country. It has just been announced that it is due to return to NRM in November. . The Paxman Valenta engines in this locomotive and the production HSTs were _loud_ when driven hard and were very smoky. I remember hearing them regularly screaming out of Plymouth station when I lived near the railway there. The production fleet had their engines replaced with cleaner but quieter engines a few years ago ☹️ The engines also saw use in some non-nuclear UK submarines 🌊 . The production HSTs (class 43) had to accommodate two drivers so the front had to be redesigned with a wider window (and the buffers were removed). . Will this power car see more service in the future or will it return to being a static exhibit in the museum at York? . #intercity125 #125group #nrm #hst #highspeedtrain #speedrecord #41001 #kwvr #oxenhope #paxmanvalenta #railway #britishrail #heritagediesel #mark3coach
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Oct 11, 2019 at 8:51am PDT
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