BR 43

Diesel-electric locomotive
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Family: HST
Series: BR 43
Build: BREL 1976−1982 (197)
Top speed: 238 km/h
Gauge: 1435 mm
UIC axles: Bo'Bo'
Length: 17.79 m
Width: 2.74 m
Weight: 70 t
Axle load: 19 t
Power output: 1320 kW
Tractive effort: 80 kN
Source: en.wikipedia.org


Career
flagASR 43Abellio ScotRail1
flagAXC 43Arriva CrossCountry10
flagBR 43British Railways Board3
flagColas Rail 43Colas Rail UK1
flagEC 43East Coast5
flagEMR 43East Midlands Railway2
flagEMT 43East Midlands Trains Ltd. 5
flagFGW 43Great Western Trains Company Ltd.15
flagGCR 43Grand Central Railway Ltd. 3
flagGNER 43Great North Eastern Railway1
flagGWR 43Great Western Railway19
flagLNER 43London North Eastern Railway1
flagLSL 43Locomotive Services Limited2
flagML 43Midland Mainline1
flagNRIL 43Network Rail4
flagNXEA 43National Express East Anglia 1
flagNXEC 43National Express East Coast1
flagRADVUK 43RailAdventure UK Ltd1
flagScotRail 43ScotRail Trains Limited2
flagVTEC 43Virgin Trains East Coast9


Pictures


Stories
avatar An unusual working for a newly formed Castle Set (2+4) just for two days the one set working Bristol Temple Meads to Great Malvern. They are now used on the services between Cardiff and Penzance since the introduction of the Hitachi 800's
avatar The loco used for this commemoration is 43002 and has been named Sir Kenneth Grange. He was responsible for the iconic design and was there to carry out the naming in a short ceremony. The livery that has been applied is the same as what was used in British Rail days back in around 1984. With the exception instead the top half being blue it is ..  More
avatar Due to the floods on the Somerset Levels including the railway line. Cross Country trains instead of travelling directly from Bristol to Taunton, are diverted via Bath and Westbury. Even then trains are terminated at Exeter due to the line being washed away by the storms at Dawlish.
avatar Three HST power cars are owned by Porterbrook Leasing and used by Network Rail to operate the New Measurement Train, which, formed of Mk3 stock, operates over most main lines in the UK on a timetabled basis to review track condition. Depending on the tests being conducted, the train's formation can be varied.




Changed Sep 20, 2015  Report