Hornby OO LNER CLASS 43 HST THE LNER iFAREWELL TOURi TRAIN PACK ERA 11

Officially the fastest diesel trains in the  world, the High-Speed Trains were introduced by British Rail in 1976,  operating 125mph services on the Great Western Main Line and the East  Coast Main Line before being introduced to other lines later.

When originally built by BREL at Crewe Works, the InterCity 125 units  consisting of a pair of Class 43 power units and a rake of Mk3 coaches,  were considered to be diesel multiple units and allocated as Class 253  to the Western Region and Class 254 for the Eastern Region, as it was  envisaged that the sets would remain in fixed formation. The original  Inter-City 125 livery of yellow wrap-around ends, with the Rail Blue  design being cut diagonally with grey towards the back of the loco,  lasted into the early 1980s.

After an iconic life of service on  the East Coast Main Line, LNER removed its Inter-City 125s from service  at the end of 2019. To celebrate LNER announced a farewell rail tour.  The entire train was repainted in the original blue and yellow livery  and the tour lasted for four days.