Class 43’s – Fleet List and Photo’s
Better known as 125’s or HST’s (High Speed Trains) the Class 43’s are one of the oldest diesel powered engines still running on our lines.
Living in the west country I mainly see the FGW (First Great Western) version of these engines.
This is a list of the Class 43’s that were reported in the 2011 Rail guide and photo’s of the engines I have seen on my travels.
43 002 – FGW
43 002 is at Paddington on 6th March 2013, next to the Heathrow Express Service.
43 003 – FGW
Isambard Kingdom Brunel – No 43 003 stands at Liskeard Station on 22nd August 2009.
43 005 – FGW
On the 1st May 2010 – 43 005 is seen departing Bodmin Parkway
43 009 – FGW
43 009 at Bristol Temple Meads on the 8th October 2013
43 010 – FGW
43 010 Sat here at Bristol Temple Meads on the 7th February 2013
43 012 – FGW
Arriving at Liskeard Station is 43 012 on a dark and dreary 10th May 2010
43 015 – FGW
30th July 2013 at Oldfield Park Station near Bath Spa, 43 015 passes through
43 016 – FGW
Bath Spa on 5th March 2013 – 43 016 is rear power car on my train from Liskeard
43 017 – FGW
43 017 at the East end of the Platform at Bristol Temple Meads
43 018 – FGW
25th May 2010 – 43 018 arrives at Bath Spa
43 020 – FGW
43 020 sits at Bristol Temple on the 20th November 2014, awaiting its next trip off to Paddington.
43 021 – FGW
On a cold Sunday lunch time on 3rd March 2013. 43 021 (David Austin – Cartoonist) sits at Liskeard Station en-route to Plymouth.
43 022 – FGW
43 022 pulls out of Plymouth, having brought me from Liskeard at 6:26a.m. on 22nd April 2013
43 023 – FGW
29th April 2010 – 43 023 pokes it head out at Temple Meads
43 024 – FGW
Friday 1st March 2013 – 43 024 is at Plymouth Station. (whilst I’m waiting for the Liskeard train)
43 025 – FGW
43 026 – FGW
Another trip to London and 43 026 is awaiting departure on 1st May 2013
43 027 – FGW
On the 9th January 2013 – 43 027 prepares to leave Paddington, taking me back to Bath Spa
43 028 – FGW
Bristol Parkway on the 18th June 2013 – 43 028
43 029 – FGW
43 030 – FGW
On a freezing 28th March 2013 at Bristol Temple Meads 43 030 approaches on a delayed Weston Super Mare Service
43 031 – FGW
28th March 2013 and 43 031 has just arrived at Temple Meas from London Paddington
43 032 – FGW
On the 12th June 2010 – 43 032 leaves Liskeard heading towards Plymouth.
43 033 – FGW
43 033 is at Bath Spa Railway Station on the 8th June 2010
43 033 – Nameplate
43 034 – FGW
43 034 is in view behind Grommit at London Paddington on 31st July 2013
43 035 – FGW
43 035 at Bath Spa on the 8th June 2010
43 036 – FGW
A rare sunny evening, it was nice to stop off at Oldfield Park on the way home, here is 43 036 thundering through on 16th April 2013
43 037 – FGW
43 040 – FGW
Speeding through Oldfield Park Station is 43 040 on the 16th April 2013
43 041 – FGW
43 042 – FGW
43 042 stands at Liskeard Station on the 11th May 2013
43 043 – EMT
At St Pancras on the 24th September 2014 – 43 043
43 044 – EMT
43 045 – EMT
43 046 – EMT
43 047 – EMT
43 048 – EMT
43 049 – EMT
43 050 – EMT
43 052 – EMT
43 053 – FGW
43 054 – EMT
43 055 – EMT
43 056 – FGW
43 056 is the far right engine, at St Pancras Station in the old Midland Mainline Livery (No date)
Liskeard on the 3rd March 2013 sees 43 056 heading towards Plymouth in FGW livery.
43 058 – EMT
43 059 – EMT
43 060 – EMT
Here at St Pancras on 1st May 2013 – 43 060 stands ready for service
43 061 – EMT
43 062 – NRL
43 063 – FGW
6th May 2010 at Taunton – 43 063
43 064 – EMT
43 066 – EMT
43 069 – FGW
Exeter St Davids on 30th August 2013 – 43 069
43 070 – FGW
43 071 – FGW
43 071 stands at Bristol Temple Meads on 28th March 2013
43 072 – EMT
St Pancras Station in the old Midland mainline Livery is 43 072 in the foreground.
43 073 – EMT
43 074 – EMT
43 075 – EMT
43 075 in the sunshine at St Pancras on 24th September 2014
43 076 – EMT
43076 at Nottingham on the 10th July 2013
Help For Heroes nameplate
43 076 – at St Pancras before all the changes
43 078 – FGW
6th March 43 078 lines up at the buffers at Paddington
43 079 – FGW
43 079 arrives at Liskeard Station with the new footbridge in place on the 17th May 2013
43 081 – EMT
43 081 stands at Nottingham Station on the 10th July 2013
43 082 – EMT
43 083 – EMT
1st May 2013 was a lovely sunny day – 43 083 is at St Pancras
43 086 – FGW
43 086 on a sunny but cold 8th October 2013 leaves Bath Spa towards Bristol.
43 087 – FGW
43 088 – FGW
Paddington Station on the 9th May 2013 – 43088
43 089 – EMT
43 091 – FGW
Exeter St Davids on 30th August 2013
43 092 – FGW
43 092 at London Paddington on the 9th May 2013
43 093 – FGW
21st May 2014 – 43 093 has just left Bath Spa and is passing through Oldfield Park
43 094 – FGW
26th February 2013, 43 094 is getting ready to head towards Paddington from Bristol Temple Meads
43 097 – FGW
Sunday 24th March 2013 and 43 097 is rear power car on the 17:50 from Plymouth to Penzance
43 098 – FGW
On a sunny 25th March 2012 – 43 098 is at Bath Spa Railway Station
43 122 – FGW
43122 sits at London Paddington awaiting orders on the 9th May 2013
43 124 – FGW
Paddington Station on 1st May 2013 – 43 124 in the sunshine
43 125 – FGW
3rd May 2010 – 43 125 at Plymouth.
43 126 – FGW
43 127 – FGW
3rd June 2010 sees 43 127 at Temple Meads
43 128 – FGW
43 129 – FGW
6th February 2013 – 43 129 sat on Platform1 at Paddington
43 130 – FGW
1st April 2011 – 43 130 at the west end of Temple Meads Station.
43 131 – FGW
43131 at Bristol Temple Meads on the 4th July 2013
43 132 – FGW
Standing at Bristol Temple Meads on 26th February 2013 we see – 43 132
Nameplate on 43 132
43 133 – FGW
43 133 on the approach to London Paddington on the 29th May 2013
43 134 – FGW
43 135 – FGW
43 135 brings up the rear of a Paddington bound service from Bristol Temple Meads on 1st March 2013
43 136 – FGW
Bristol Temple Meads on 4th July 43136
43 137 – FGW
The 9:16 a.m. from Liskeard to Paddington on 5th March 2013 is headed by 43 137
43 138 – FGW
43 138 makes up this trio at Paddington on 6th March 2013
43 139 – FGW
43 140 – FGW
43 140 at Liskeard on 5th June 2010
43 141 – FGW
43141 at Bath Spa on the 2nd August 2013
43 142 – FGW
Reading Panel Signal Box is at Laira Depot on Saturday 6th April 2013
43 143 – FGW
7th Feb 2013 at Temple Meads, 43 143 lines up for duty
43 144 – FGW
Tiverton Parkway 43144 arrives to take me home on the 4th July 2013
43 145 – FGW
43145 at Bristol Temple Meads on the 28th June 2013
43 146 – FGW
3rd May 2010, 43 146 is at Plymouth (Charlie looks so small there!)
43 147 – FGW
Speeding through Oldfield Park on the 7th April 2011 is 43 147
43 148 – FGW
43 148 is here at Paddington on the 6th February 2013
43 149 – FGW
43 150 – FGW
43 150 at Plymouth on 28th June 2013
43 151 – FGW
London Paddington was another trip to the Capital. 43151
43 152 – FGW
43 152 arrives at Platform 1 Paddington on the 6th March 2013
43 153 – FGW
1st May at Paddington – 43 153 is on Platform 1
43 154 – FGW
43 154 at Gloucester Station on the 17th June 2013
43 155 – FGW
Day before Good Friday – 28th March 2013 and 43 155 is at Temple Meads
43 156 – FGW
Plymouth on 30th August 2013 – 43156
43 158 – FGW
43 158 at Paddington on the 29th May 2013
43 159 – FGW
43 159 is heading towards Bath Spa on the 16th April 2013.
43 160 – FGW
43 161 – FGW
43161 at Paddington on 29th May 2013
43 162 – FGW
on the approach to Paddington 43162 on the 29th May 2013
43 163 – FGW
At the rear, heading out of Plymouth is 43 163 on the 22nd April 2013
43 164 – FGW
43164 at Plymouth on the 28th June 2013
43 165 – FGW
Liskeard Station on the 17th May 2013 – 43165
43 168 – FGW
43 169 – FGW
Freezing cold 28th March 2013 and 43 169 is on Platform 15 at Temple Meads
43 170 – FGW
Amongst this trio at Paddington on the 6th March 2013 is 43 170 in the foreground.
43 171 – FGW
43171 on the 28th June 2013 at Bristol Temple Meads
43 172 – FGW
43 174 – FGW
43174 at Paddington on the 29th May 2013
43 175 – FGW
43 175 at Bristol Temple Meads on thursday 9th October 2014
43 176 – FGW
sun setting on the 18th June 2013 at Bristol Parkway behind 43176
43 177 – FGW
43 179 – FGW
Paddington on the 31st July 2013 – 43179
43 180 – FGW
43 181 – FGW
12th March 2015, 43 181 approaches Bristol Temple Meads
43 182 – FGW
43182 at Bristol Temple Meads on the 4th July 2013
43 183 – FGW
At the rear of the 7:02a.m. service to Penzance is 43 183 waiting at Plymouth, fist stop Devonport.
43 185 – FGW
6th March 2013 – 43 185 is here at Paddington
43 186 – FGW
43186 adds a bit of variety in this new livery, seen here at Bath Spa on the 9th July 2013
43 187 – FGW
taken from the train window 43187 passes en route to Paddington on 31t July 2013
43 188 – FGW
Liskeard Station on 15th April 2013 – 43 188 is heading West
43 189 – FGW
Far right is 43 189 at Bristol on 7th February 2013
43 190 – FGW
Early evening at Bristol Temple Meads on the 27th November 2014 – 43 190 ready to set off for Paddington.
43 191 – FGW
43 191 is ready to take me back to Bath Spa from Paddington on 6th March 2013
43 192 – FGW
43 193 – FGW
43 194 – FGW
London Paddington on the 1st May 2013 – 43 194
43 195 – FGW
St Phillips Marsh lit up in the background as 43 195 has just arrived at Bristol Temple Meads on the 27th November 2014
43 196 – FGW
one of my favorite pics sees 43 196 on the 9th January 2013 at London Paddington.
43 197 – FGW
On the Merchant Venturer I finally caught up with 43 197 on the 25th April 2013. here we are at Liskeard
43 198 – FGW
43 198 sits under the vanishing Royal Mail bridge at Bristol Temple Meads on the 19th December 2014
43 206 – ICE
43 207 AXC
12th June 2010, 43 207 powers towards Moorswater Bridge Nr Liskeard
43 208 – ICE
43 208 thunders through Finsbury Park Station on the 1st May 2013
43 238 – ICE
24th September 43 238 speeds through Finsbury Park on the way to Kings Cross
43 239 – ICE
43 251 – ICE
43 251 at Finsbury Park on the 1st May 2013
43 257 – ICE
43 277 – ICE
43 285 – AXC
Cross Country 43 285 is at Plymouth on the 1st March 2013
43 290 – ICE
Finsbury Park – 24th Sept 2014 – 43 290
43 295 – ICE
24th Sept 2014 – Finsbury Park heading North – 43 295
43 296 – ICE
24th Sept 2014 -43 296 at Finsbury Park
43 299 – ICE
43 299 at Finsbury Park on 24th September 2014
43 300 – ICE
43 300 heading towards Kings Cross as it passes through Finsbury Park on 1st May 2013
43 301 – AXC
2nd May at Bristol Temple Meads 43 301
43 302 – ICE
43 303 – AXC
Cross Country HST 43 303 is at Plymouth on the 6th April 2013
43 304 – AXC
43 304 at Bristol Temple Meads on the 4th July 2013
43 305 – ICE
43 306 – ICE
43 307 – ICE
43 308 – ICE
43 309 – ICE
1st May – 43 309 on its way to Kings Cross through Finsbury Park
43 310 – ICE
43 311 – ICE
43 312 – ICE
43 312 heading North through Finsbury Park on 24th Sept 2014
43 313 – ICE
24th September = 43 313 heads towards Kings Cross on 24th Sept 2014
43 314 – ICE
43 315 – ICE
43 316 – ICE
43 317 – ICE
43 318 – ICE
43 319 – ICE
43 320 – ICE
43 321 – AXC
43321 at Plymouth on the 30th August 2013
43 357 – AXC
Having pulled me from Bristol 43 357 is resting at Plymouth on 1st March 2013
43 366 – AXC
43 366 is the rear power car on the 12th June 2010 as this XC train approaches Moorswater Bridge.
43 367 – ICE
43 367 thunders through platform 4 at Finsbury Park on 24th September 2014
43 378 – AXC
At Liskeard on the 2nd of August 2014 is Cross Country 43 378
43 384 – AXC
Boys pose in front of 43 384 on 8th June 2010 at Plymouth
43 465 – GTL
43 467 – GTL
43 468 – GTL
43 480 – GTL
43 484 – GTL
43 523 – GTL
Class 43's 
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