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British Railways, which after 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company responsible for rail transport in Great Britain from its inception in 1948 to its privatisation in the 1990s, wit
Hartford Junction Carlisle Birmingham express geograph 2710400 by Ben Brooksbank
The 'Napier' Bellow 55 009
Paddington station, line up of IC125s, 1995 geograph.org.uk 5619286
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InterCity 125
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The InterCity 125 or High Speed Train is a diesel-powered high-speed passenger train built by British Rail Engineering Limited between 1975 and 1982. A total of 95 sets were produced, each comprising
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…manufacturer British Rail Engineering Limited's work on the Advanced Passenger Train was to no avail, it influenced future successful designs such as the InterCity 125, Sprinter, and InterCity 225. From 1982, sectorisation split British Rail into three passenger corporate identities: InterCity, Network SouthEast, and…
An InterCity 125 in original British Rail livery
The Blue Pullmans, which were in service between 1960 and 1973, are often seen as forerunners of the HSTs.
Class 252 prototype HST at Weston-super-Mare in 1975
An InterCity 125 about to depart Manchester Piccadilly in 1986