Date: 07/07/2010

Plans to replace Britain's ageing fleet of Intercity 125 trains have been mothballed by the Government. [From Mark Bartlett]

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Coalition mothball plans to replace Intercity 125 trains

Telegraph

Plans to replace Britain's ageing fleet of Intercity 125 trains have been mothballed by the Government.

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A British Rail InterCity 125, about to leave Bristol Temple Meads station in 1985 with a service to London Paddington.
Location: Bristol Temple Meads
Company: Great Western Railway
//1985 John McIntyre

Prototype HST photographed running through Sonning Cutting in 1976.
Location: Reading
Company: Great Western Railway
//1976 Ian Dinmore

Brand new HST power cars 43143 and 43144 at Saltley in January 1981. They were taken into service the following month and so are either on test here or being delivered from BREL Crewe where they were built.
Location: Saltley
Company: Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
21/01/1981 Mark Bartlett