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    Set-back for 125 Group’s Valenta restoration plan

    Sep 05, 2022 4 minutes

    WITH all operational HST Class 43 power cars having had their original Paxman Valenta RP200L power units and Marston Excelsior cooler groups replaced by Paxman VP185 or MTU and Brush cooler units, the long-time aim of the 125 Group has been to restore at least one power car to its original configuration.

    No. 43044 was acquired for this purpose in 2021 (RM April, 2021 p71). It had been stored at Leeds Neville Hill with a defective VP185 engine so was not of interest to main line operators. It was basically complete and parts removed for use on other vehicles were replaceable, while the engine was of no concern.

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    The Paxman Valenta was the engine that transformed the performance of the 125 InterCity High Speed Train into the success

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