HST (Class 43)
The HST (Class 43) is a diesel loco from the UK in Train Sim World. It comes with 2 routes, and another DLC brings it to 6 more.
Picture: GWR HST Farewell Pack, Dovetail Games.
Where you can drive it
Comes with
With another DLC
Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.
- Airedale & Wharfedale Network: Leeds & Bradford - Skipton & Ilkley: with Great Western Express or GWR HST Farewell Pack or Midland Main Line: Leicester - Derby & Nottingham
- Birmingham Cross-City Line: Lichfield - Bromsgrove & Redditch: with Great Western Express
- Cardiff City Network: Radur & Coryton to Penarth & Bae Caerdydd: with Great Western Express
- East Coast Main Line: Peterborough - Doncaster: with Midland Main Line: Leicester - Derby & Nottingham
- Riviera Line: Exeter - Plymouth & Paignton: with Great Western Express or GWR HST Farewell Pack
- ScotRail Express: Edinburgh - Glasgow: with Great Western Express
In the game
Names in Dovetail's lists: HST, Class 43 HST, HST Class 43, High Speed Train, High Speed Train EMT, High Speed Train GWG, High Speed Train EMT (2 Liveries).
In these DLCs: Great Western Express, Midland Main Line: Leicester - Derby & Nottingham, GWR HST Farewell Pack.
Official manual: Great Western Express.
From Dovetail's store page
- BR Class 43 HST Power Car in multiple liveries:
- 43002 “Sir Kenneth Grange” in BR InterCity 125 livery
- 43185 “Great Western” in InterCity Swallow livery
The real thing
The InterCity 125, or High Speed Train: two Class 43 diesel power cars, one at each end, with seven or eight Mark 3 coaches between them. British Rail Engineering Limited built 95 sets between 1975 and 1982, and the name comes from its top speed of 125 mph. It is widely seen as one of the most successful trains on Britain's railways.
- Built: 1975–1982 (Wikipedia)
- Number built: 197 (Wikidata)
- Operators: ScotRail Trains (2022-) (Wikidata)
- Top speed: 125 mph (201 km/h) (Wikipedia)
- Power: Engine: 2x 2250 bhp (1,678 kW) (Wikipedia)
- Wheel arrangement: Bo'Bo' + 2'2' +... + 2'2' + Bo'Bo' (Wikipedia)
- Power type: Diesel-electric (Wikipedia)
Photo: Phil Sangwell, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
From the English Wikipedia article InterCity 125 and Wikidata.
Sources. Dovetail's public DLC database and Steam store pages; English Wikipedia and Wikidata for the real train.