Pressure is growing to withdraw all remaining InterCity 125 trains from service after they were branded “death traps”. The iconic locomotives entered service in 1976, heralding a new era of rail ...

East Midlands Railway is the latest operator to retire its fleet of high speed trains - better known to millions as the InterCity 125. Some workers at the company's depot have spent most of their ...

A new Japanese train is arriving on British shores to replace the much loved InterCity 125. Will people take it to their hearts in the way they did its veteran predecessor? Pendolino probably, perhaps ...

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A heritage group has bought three Intercity 125 high speed diesel engines for a railway collection. Built between 1975 and 1982, the locomotives have been purchased by 125 Heritage and will be homed ...

Intercity 125 – Britain's own original high-speed train – rules the rails today, but this national icon is set to give way to hi-tech imports. It's time to celebrate the heroic story of a design ...

A 44-year-old locomotive has gone on display alongside icons of the steam age at the National Railway Museum in York. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to ...

BRITAIN’S most influential modern locomotive is set to join the National Railway Museum’s collection after more than 40 years in service. The Class 43 no. 43002, Sir Kenneth Grange, High-Speed Train ...

Following the ill-fated Advanced Passenger Train, the InterCity 125 was perhaps the best compromise solution BR could offer on a limited budget. How has it fared since its introduction and how does it ...

The high speed InterCity 125 train was a huge achievement for British Railways in the 1970s, just a short time after the last steam train on the network was retired. It was designed by Sir Kenneth ...

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