LNER HST Intercity 125 at Speed Compilation! | A Tribute Video.
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- This Video is Property of Richard Chalklin!
2160p 4K HD!
The time is up for the HSTs on the ECML, with no more HSTs operating for LNER anymore i decided to make a tribute video showcasing their speed. I will miss the sound, the speed and the sight of them.
All footage in this video are from their final years in operation, 2018 & 2019.
Locations included in this video:
St Neots
Arlesey
Newark Northgate
Retford
Peterborough
Abbots Ripton
Doncaster
Stevenage
Hitchin
Biggleswade
Offord Cluny
Grantham
New Zealand Footbridge (Sandy)
Intercity 125 info:
The InterCity 125 (originally Inter-City 125, or High Speed Train) is a diesel-powered passenger train built by British Rail Engineering Limited between 1975 and 1982. Each set is made up of two Class 43 power cars, one at each end and six to nine Mark 3 carriages. The name is derived from its top operational speed of 125 mph (201 km/h). Initially the sets were classified as Classes 253 and 254.
As of December 2019, InterCity 125s remained in service with Abellio ScotRail, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, Great Western Railway and Network Rail.
Background:
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the British Transport Commission (BTC) was modernising its rail network. It wanted to increase intercity speeds so that railways could compete more effectively with motorways. The government was unwilling to fund new railways and the BTC focused on increasing line speeds by developing new trains and modifications to the infrastructure. A team of engineers was assembled at the Railway Technical Centre in Derby in the early 1960s, to design and develop an Advanced Passenger Train (APT) capable of at least 125 miles per hour (201 km/h) incorporating many features not previously seen on British railways-such as tilting to allow higher speeds on curves.
The APT project suffered repeated delays and in 1970, the British Railways Board (BRB) decided it was not sufficiently developed to modernise the railways in the short term and at the instigation of Terry Miller, Chief Engineer (Traction & Rolling Stock), the BRB authorised the development of a high-speed diesel train for short-term use until the APT was able to take over. An operational prototype was to be built by 1972.
World records:
The prototype InterCity 125 (power cars 43000 and 43001) set the world speed record for diesel traction at 143.2 mph (230.5 km/h) on 12 June 1973.
An HST also holds the world speed record for a diesel train carrying passengers. On 27 September 1985, a special press run for the launch of a new Tees-Tyne Pullman service from Newcastle to London King's Cross, formed of a shortened 2+5 set, briefly touched 144 mph (232 km/h) north of York. The world record for the fastest diesel-powered train, a speed of 148 mph (238 km/h), was set by an HST on 1 November 1987, while descending Stoke Bank with a test run for a new type of bogie for use on Mark 4 coaches on the same route. The record run was led by 43102 and trailed by 43159.
Numbering and formation:
Because they were fixed formation trains, British Rail considered the Inter-City 125 sets to be diesel multiple units. They were allocated British Rail Class 253 (2+7 sets allocated to Western Region depots for use on Western Region and Cross-Country services) and Class 254 (2+8 sets allocated to the Eastern and Scottish Regions for use on the East Coast Main Line), the prototype train having been Class 252. Therefore, each set was allocated a set number (253 xxx or 254 xxx), which was carried on the front of the power cars. Individual vehicles were numbered in the 4xxxx series (see table below), and, because they were regarded as multiple unit vehicles, also had regional prefixes according to their allocated depot (E for Eastern Region, SC for Scottish and W for Western); this included the power cars as well as the trailers.
With power cars often requiring maintenance more frequently than the trailer cars, power car swaps soon began to take place; there were a few spare power cars to allow for this. This often resulted in different set numbers being displayed at each end of the same train. As a result, during the early 1980s the power cars began to be regarded as "loose", and the use of set numbers for the whole train was abandoned. The trailer cars remained in fixed formations, however, and still allocated a set number of sorts, although that was not displayed anywhere.
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As a Frenchie I got super duper lucky to be able to ride those sexy British trains twice in two weeks 🥰
There is purely something so exciting, and special watching a HST fly past at 125mph. Truly a British Icon, that will never be forgotten. Great Video!
I spent more time looking at the locations than I did looking at the HST's. Might have to watch it again.
Locations are noted in the description Alan
Superb Video! There is something very therapeutic about watching HST trains at speed!
dammm I'm going to miss these trains
Amazing video. Hard to imagine that these used to be in GNER Livery. With this Livery they were so transformed into a nice sleek modernised Train
Long live the retired HST 125,s. Love the noise and diesel fumes that linger in the air. As iconic as the Spitfire, saw one of them fly over Leas Rd Warlingham yesterday 27.8.22. Great Vid Richard.
Fantastic camber at Retford,I had to make sure refreshment trolley wasn’t to highly stacked or someone could get a complimentary packet of crisps ,
What a tribute to these iconic trains!
I don't care how cool people think they are but everyone secretly loves a HST at speed flying through a station. I miss the Paxman Valentas.
My best train in Trainsim world. Thanks for these videos
Always loved the HST'S
0:49 This sounds so good through headphones.
My goodness! Even after 45 years this workhorse can still pack a punch!
Great video love to see the class 43's, sad to see they have been withdrawn from LNER
wot saw one at kings x
cheers for this my favourite loco! SUPERB!!
The tone at 2:03 is brilliant.
The East Coast Mainline is not the same without the HSTs
México, september 2023.
At least the flying banana is still alive.
and xc hst and gwr hst, and sr hst and Ls midland pullman hst
I love how the drivers honked at you 😂
Watch my EMR red HST, that was an amazing horn from it
@@BobaShakeMallow bit annoyed it went out of focus but here's the link ua-cam.com/video/psUipshbbbg/v-deo.html
7:01 nice to hear some VP185 action amongst all the MTU!
I was lucky to ride on these beautiful hsts I went on the gner with the vp185 valenta engines then I went on the national express hsts then eastcoast hsts grand central hsts IV done cross country hsts twice and iv done virgin east coast aswell
새마을호 PP가 떠오르네요.
한국의 새마을호 PP동차는 디자인이 뭔가 암트렉 객차랑 class 125랑 TGV 합친 느낌인듯 합니다.
Our loss is Mexico's gain !
Schöne Aufnahmen.
At 4.54 the signal is red.
I was in Maidenhead station before and the announcer would say will passengers on platform 4 stand clear through train approaching I'd say to myself what is she on about them boom this train would come out of nowhere the speed they come at. You wouldn't want any toddlers on the platform.But in Maidenhead they put all the through trains through the furthest quietest platform for safety reasons I presume
The NSWGR XPT is a joke compared to these steeds!
How true 😂
I'm here for the same reasons.
It sounds like such an incredible train for its time but in NSW was not executed properly.
I get the gradients and but even on flat sections the investments in the tracks just weren't made.
Very different conditions but shame.
Awesome video
Love the XPT but theses seem different and better even the seats look better.
希望台灣也有像這樣的火車。
Hi, fantastic video. I am doing a video on my Dean Park channel of the MK3 coach and Hornby's new model of it. Would I be able to use some of your footage in that video, I would give you full credit of course. I look forward to hearing from you. Cheers. Dave
Do you know anywhere where these are still running?
These will now be running on the Midland mainline so Derby Nottingham area with the same livery #RedHST
Grand central and lner are now operated by emr
Places like Luton and Bedford
I still have them past Cheltenham spa
@@otterlyamazing2605 I've seen a few of them on railtours and test trains on the West Coast Mainline recently.
6:15 what station is that?
Is Class 43 currently working or not please?
Some lines still have them however
GWR, XC, Network rail and ScotRail all have them
0:52 Photobomed! Oh well at least it wasn’t a 91
Biggleswade is my favourite station don't ask
Brilliant! Now we are squashed into uncomfortable Japanese junk!
British engineering at it's very best. We are lucky in Scotland that we saved a few and refurbished them for London to Inverness routes with Scotrail.
R.I.P shame they couldn’t go their top speed of 148.5mph
Like one set did on The 1st of November 1987 down Stoke Bank.
To be fair they used to scare me when I was younger cause of how fast they went lol
@@ArchieWilmott same..when I was I kid my older sister worked at a train station and the horn would scare me and then seeing them rip past was amazing..became my favourite locomotive
Is it me or all the time I count the coaches on the HST I count to 9
I think you are counting the buffet car
@@themightyzanoss8409 so basically 9 coaches
The.LNErR sets did run 2 + 9.
Anyone else remember how HATED these locos were when they first came out ? Me and my Dad used to turn our backs when one went past ! All we wanted to see were Deltics, and other REAL locos, not these 'bland corporate' HSTs !
Such a shame about the ugly paint job. Nothing beats the OG blue-yello and 80s brown for style and sophistication