43165s first start and test run in preservation | Colne Valley Railway | 16/09/2023

In this video we start up our final power car at the Colne Valley Railway - 43165!
43165 Is an EX GWR Power car which worked its last move under its own power four years ago. In this video we shunt the set into position, pre heat its MTU Engine, and fire it up. Once running 43165 performed well and we took it up and down the line for some proving run.
43165 Performed well, the MTU engine started very well filmed from the outside, cab and engine room. 43165 is our last power car to be started. Now bringing the 125 Heritage fleet of 43023, 43071, 43073, 43082 and 43165 to an operational status of five power cars.
We had it coupled back to back with 43071, which allowed us to enable "Control cut out" and control 43165 from 71s cab end. I even get to use my drone for a little bit of footage. The Colne valley is planning to host a two day diesel gala on the 7th and 8th of october where our set will be used. As well as a possible run of 43165 and 43071 running back to back for photos. Visit the colne vallety webstite linked below for booking options. Or just turn up on the day!
During this video we had a complete line block of the railway allowing us to perform various shunts and trips to allow the powercars to perform their test runs. We hope you enjoy this video!
Please note there is a typo in the video, 43165s final run into Ely was on the 10/4/2019 not 2023!! If you pause the video at 1:15, you can see the train prep slip in the cab which shows the correct date it ran into Ely for its last time under its own power (10/04/2019)
125 Heritage: 125heritage.co.uk/ / / 38294. .
Colne Valley Railway: www.colnevalleyrailway.co.uk/
43023's Instagram page: / intercity_4. .
My Instagram Account: / 125_heritage_le. .
About Us at 125 Heritage : 125 Heritage are a group of volunteers based at the Colne Valley Railway in Essex. We are passionate about the Inter-city 125 vehicles and the iconic power cars. These were built in the late 1970’s and are credited with saving British Rail who at the time had a bad reputation. They were a marvel of British engineering but their time has finally come for them to retire.
Our aim is to preserve and maintain a small fleet of ex British Rail Inter-City 125 vehicles for use at the railway. The vehicles will be used for dining and special running days. The vehicles are air conditioned and there is a full kitchen vehicle which will provide a unique experience for visitors

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Sorry all there’s a typo in the video! 43165 worked its last train into Ely on 10/04/2019 not 2023, has has not been started since that date 🤦‍♂️

[@DigitalDiabloUK]

I was very confused at how a 4 month retired train had such tatty paintwork, but makes more sense now.

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

@@DigitalDiabloUK hahaha yeah thought I’d pin a comment to explain error in the video! Also if anyone else is interested you can pause the video at 1:15 in the still image it shows the final prep paperwork with the correct date on it! 10/04/2019

[@milesbrown8016]

Awesome. Well done

[@psrpippy]

Glad you sorted that out. I was confused 😂

[@rob103rl]

Thought I'd gone back to the future! 🙂

[@trevorburridge7785]

Who would have ever thought these would be on a heritage railway. Makes me feel old!

[@HappyJigg]

That was a surprisingly quick start for an engine that hadn't been used in about 3 years!

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Indeed! These MTUs seem to have done quite well considering their storage time

[@sjokomelk]

German engineering 😉

[@paulknightley]

Aye…although many of us rued the passing of the Valenta, the MTUs are good engines per se, and kept us with the HST much longer than otherwise!

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

@@sjokomelkone of the most boring sounding engines in the industry ! Fitted to locomotives that were originally built with the most amazing sounding engines in the industry.

[@fightforfreedom5292]

@@WhiskeyGulf71I think the MTU engine sounds pretty good tbh. Certainly better than the engines you get on diesel trains these days. But yes I think the velenta and VP 185 engines sound better.

[@BlueWaterRailfan]

The HST is such an iconic design! I'm so happy to see some operating on a heritage line!

[@flugjung]

Some have been taken to Mexico for the Trans Isthmus Railway (Transistmico).

[@jimrodgers6441]

Pretty sad that basically the same engine is in revenue service still in Australia as the fastest train between the two largest cities.

[@AGNETHAFALTSK0G]

Yes agreed, my daughter visited Amy branch line and they have some carriages from 1785, they are beautiful and they have 12 wheels which was unusual?

[@DENPTrains]

Awesome. Glad to see another HST make it to preservation, great work fellas

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Thank you very much!

[@VespaT5]

Are there any Valenta units left? It'd be nice to hear one again.

[@gwrdriver1660]

hi guys, driven these since 2003, our depot stopped driving them about a year or so ago, my old depot still has them as 2+4's, miss driving them, wish I'd stayed at my old depot. thank you for preserving them, means I can visit and relive the good times,. cheers Rich

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Hi rich, i bet you have some awesome memories with these workhorses. No worries it is great to have them preserved on a line, defo pop down if you are in the area!

[@davejones1664]

I worked on these power cars at Old Oak Common back in my FGW days. Great to see them coming back to life. Well done chaps.

[@trainadventuresuk]

Great video. Thanks for uploading. Me and my son do train adventure videos and still want to ride this train.aybw one day.

[@trainiacvideos3832]

Thats a brilliant video. A new age of preservation now. HST is a very iconic train and for some of us as old as the train itself. Through our childhood this train has been spotted, photographed and videod in many guises. Your doing a great job and long may it continue. 👍

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Thank you!

[@TARTANATORscotland]

Intercity 125 remember when it was introduced amazing machine

[@levelcrossing150]

Nice video and it's great to see these HST's making their way on to heritage lines.

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

It sure is!

[@Exparcelman]

I’m booked on a HST at the Nene Valley Railway next weekend. Iconic British engineering, bacon rolls and real ale.

[@petrolhead28]

Just as exciting as a steam train. A pinnacle of loco design

[@dave07drummer]

Just needs that line extended to Haverhill and to Halstead, get a bit more speed up, those HST's love it!

[@icedidi]

beautiful - we share the same sentiment as those who saw the end of steam.

[@kensherwood4866]

Lovely video, covering the whole process, incl some neat drone work. I imagine anyone who could was clamouring to have a go at the controls. Good to see some in preservation, it won't be long before people are coming to ride behind these and rekindle memories past

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Ooo thank you! Yeah drone is a new addition to my collection, we do offer HST driving experiences at the CVR on these fine machines!

[@chrisrogers2848]

@@BOBPTransportVideosand most excellent they are too! Highly recommend it, best couple of hours I’ve spent in a long time!

[@holgerspangenberg3706]

MTU 👍👍👍

[@iybjs5308]

I live 3 minutes away from this, and had no idea this was going on. Thanks for the video

[@chrisbirmingham6453]

Sweet As!

[@mt5144]

Still sounding Superb, Just wish GWR still had them instead of the IET trains as the HST Sets were So comfortable Compared to the IET Concrete Seats.

[@AquaFonic]

Next you’ll be wanting STEAM TRAINS !!!! IET SEATS ARE JUST FINE !!!

[@machosker]

Nice to see another one of these work horses being kept alive. Back bone of the Intercity network for decades.

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

😊😊

[@CameronJohnston-pf5gy]

That was a nice clean start-unlike some of the preserved locos that have started from cold after being stood around for ages!!

[@theextremeanimator4721]

that's...uh...because...it...is much younger...than the aforementioned engines...you speak of.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

WHOOPEE. GREAT TO SEE. Thank you

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Thank you!

[@Salty3439]

Beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤❤, new sub 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@deanwilliams5466]

It must be like driving through Wales for this high speed inovation🙃

[@picturesofsuffolk5038]

Fantastic Lewis.

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Cheers nige!

[@petermcgarrymusicandflying]

Fantastic video. Thanks.

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Glad you liked it!

[@YukariAkiyamaTanks]

Im so happy the HST's are getting preserved

[@TheSpotify95]

These HST's are glorious - it's a shame that they couldn't be used on the mainline for longer, but it's great that you've got a selection of locomotives and coaches at Colne Valley. I note an Ex-EMR power unit, some ex-LNER coaches and what also appeared to be an Ex-EMR 1st Class coach.

[@dackesjulag]

Well done 👏

[@andrewnewby6923]

Good to Classic 43 running ❤

[@Desiro360]

Excellent video. Glad to see the test running going well. 😀

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Cheers mate

[@andybbeck2043]

super job

[@thedepot7416]

Excellent 👍👍

[@BensPlanesTrainsProductions]

Beautiful engine sound on start up and great to see it running. Great filming also, love all the angles you was filming.

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Thank you 🙏

[@imautuber]

Fantastic to see 43's in preservation but I'm not a fan of the MTU power plant, I grew up in the days of the screaming Paxman valenta HST's

[@brianwillson9567]

HST IS Valenta.

[@justinobrien3593]

Nice locos but they sound better with a screaming valenta as they was scary as a kid lol 😆

[@justinobrien3593]

A Good video of these 125 mph flying machines!

[@simongray8019]

Ah the Valenta, lots of smoke on start up

[@RWL2012]

​@@brianwillson9567the last Valenta-engined HST was in 2010 with Grand Central.

[@kevinswift8533]

So nice to see these great iconic locos still running they have still got more life in them Kev Beighton Parkway Sheffield

[@maoelanaronny]

Nice vid , bentuk lokomotif yang sangat inggris sekali dan berjaya di era nya

[@chrishines6048]

Glad to see another HST making it to preservation, great work fellas

[@train4905]

Exellent😊

[@Bigaitch]

Fantastic. I remember these coming into service in the late 70s....now they are retired i feel very old. I think i need to pay CVR a visit...

[@paulgriffiths9824]

Nice to see in preservation, fond memories of the hsts and nice to see some are making it into preservation

[@XPLOSIVization]

A lovely fresh bit of paint and sorting out those rusty exhaust's on the top of the unit, and this beauty will look pretty much brand new

[@easternrailfreight]

Great video Lewis!

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Cheers mate!

[@RD_Trains_Tunisie]

Nice bro

[@JJthrashing]

Great first time start engine looked immaculate inside hope you will keep the same livery best FGW 👍

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

71 will be kept in FGW we are working when we can to re vitalise it, 165 will be painted into a different livery!!

[@JJthrashing]

@@BOBPTransportVideos maybe GWR green livery would work..

[@ChrisHorswill]

The classic WBD40 in the cab! Awesome vid!

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

hahah yep, thanks for watching!

[@railwaychristina3192]

Oh wow

[@John-pr2gw]

Great to see. Every preserved line should have a short set :)

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Agree to that one!

[@petersmith4455]

hi great video, good to see hst power cars, just as well i don't have to fill the fuel tanks.

[@julianharvey6584]

I ran very quiclky up onto platform 2 oneday in 1976 to see the ass end of one of these making a great sound and dissapearing dowm the platform, never forget it, the first sighting of one. Still the fastest diesel in the west lol. All things come to an end and in this case are not taken over by anything better which is sad..BYe BYe HST x

[@tamar5261]

I thought these locos were still in service. Grand job you have done there

[@jeremydeakin7270]

I use love watching the HSTs flash past on the lines with my late father

[@chrisswann2868]

Proper ☺☺

[@idontlikechristmas2269]

I have never seen a HST on a preserved railway before, that's kinda cool.

[@leonblittle226]

It was a surprise to find 071 ended up preserved of the ones from the GW fleet, so far at least.

[@BritishRail60062]

I am happy to see my favourite passenger train preserved. Who knows, maybe I could pay for a driver experience day in the future in one. Oh and a GE Class 60.

[@spudmarsden4280]

These are still used in Australia for intercity services, rebadged XPT.

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Indeed they are, different loco however draws alot of it's charicteristics from the HST

[@andrewgibson7610]

I can't believe that these are now seen as vintage locomotives

[@DandamanV]

WD40 well placed to get things moving!

[@daanvos194]

Best british trains ever

[@guyvusneevus7262]

I like the can of WD40 in the cab......solves everything☺☺

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

hahah always handy to have

[@bester36]

It was start like the loco was used daily😉

[@steve83803]

Still have my Intercity 125 clip on driver’s tie somewhere.

[@chrisswann2868]

Hi , I love watching this video, thank God for you Guys being able to save these machines. Are you at the limit as regards your Mk3 trailers, or are you aiming to purchase some more?, again, great video thanks.☺

[@seemonthegac6283]

i wonder why the startup sounds good

[@AndreiTupolev]

Only a hint of smoke! Compare that with a Valenta or VP185 😁

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Yep hardly anything!

[@LoneSheWolf09]

If only GW, LNER & GC kept their class 43 fleet. It’s not the same without them. Glad to see some class 43s have been saved by train heritages. We last saw class 43 at Butterly last year but stopped running due to faults with the train.

[@vastjonea]

It was running again earlier this year. Me and my mate went there for the whole event

[@LoneSheWolf09]

@@vastjonea awww wow that’s great! I asked those on butterly site on fb what’s going on were they going to fix it they said they weren’t sure but watch this space. But glad it’s back up running shame we missed it. They got the spooky train running before Halloween do you know?

[@vastjonea]

@@LoneSheWolf09 idk

[@horsenuts1831]

It kinda fills me with despair when I recall a time when the IC125 had yet to be introduced (and I was a 12-year-old kid), and now they exist on heritage lines. I feel TOO old.

[@d4ve587]

Perfect ulez poster campaign vehicle 😂people will flock

[@OriginalFreeThinker]

Bet that WD40 was used quite a bit during prep! Really nice to see it working and surprised how quickly it started.

[@Mikeb1001]

What’s the plan for a livery long term?

[@greghayes9118]

New South Wales Railways is still running these old bangers on a daily basis. This one looks pretty new in comparison.

[@BloodyTypical]

Hopefully they'll get repainted eventually back to the better heritage blue and yellow intercity paint job.

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

A repaint is planned in future for 165! We are working when we can to refresh 71 and keep it in FGW

[@ryanohara476]

So nice to see these iconic beautiful British transport legends preserved. Which restoration path are these power cars undertaken? I look forward to my full 2023 range Hornby Intercity 125 western region BR Blue with the two class 43 power cars and 7 MK3s, and the IC 125 executive livery with the two power cars and 8 MK3s.

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

We are planning to re paint 43023 & 43165 in due course!

[@ryanohara476]

@@BOBPTransportVideos Fantastic I've always loved InterCity 125s, in every livery. They are my favourite passenger trains along with two other BREL products, (the BR Class 370 APT-P and InterCity 225s BR Class 91 locomotive, MK4 DVT and a rake of 9 MK4 carriages). especially as a small child I grew up in Devon mostly. And I remember being four it was 1995, and I stood at the now disused bridge at Newton Abbot. And I could hear the screaming paxman valetta engine (which was equally terrifying in a good way and amazing) of the Class 43 HST power car and along it came speeding past and I could hear the seven MK3 coaches clacking one by one until the rear Class 43 HST power car screamed too as the train went past. I wanted this train then. There wasn't a Hornby InterCity 125 train set available in 1995. But I did get the Hornby InterCity 225 train set from Argos that Christmas. But the next year Christmas 1996 aged 5 I had the very special 20th Anniversary Hornby High Speed Train set limited edition. I think it was bought new from Newton Abbot's indoor market's "Model Railway Shop" it came with three MK3 coaches ( two standard open and an extra including special TRBF buffet car). I only ran the rolling stock. As there was already a separate layout. I still have both of these sets with both of them with all if it's original packaging, contents, bags, paperwork, certificate, locomotive operation, instructions warrant, cards advertisement slips, the mini 1995 the Intercity 225 set is also housed in it's transport distribution outer mail cardboard box, and 1996 A5 catalogue, the still sealed original Hornby 1996 polymer three sheets trackmat all sealed with the trackmat instruction sheet too!

[@theextremeanimator4721]

Planned livery, please?

[@FulhamsEvo10]

Hopefully you'll get the track suitable for a high speed run 😆

[@FernandoPartridge]

That green 3 car multiple set at the station, is it from Swanage Railway??

[@CC-Cobalt-1043]

So is it planned to be used for passenger tours

[@theextremeanimator4721]

Are there any of these things still with their Valenta-branded hearts?

[@tom47523]

I Definitely miss them trains Shame that Gwr got rid of them for public transport

[@blairhinton7535]

10/4/23 ? That's like 5 months ago!

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Oh god you got me there that’s a typo 🤣 worked it’s last train 10/4/2019

[@satyris410]

My brain is strange, I couldn't even imagine that you'd just written the date wrong, I was tying my grey matter in knots trying to work out if it actually meant 23rd April 2010, and this video was from 2014, when I read it was a typo I let out a sigh of relief.

[@martintrodden2743]

Great job guys. Is she going to be repainted into the original BR livery

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Thank you Martin! There is a repaint planned in the long run chosen livery is a secret so far!

[@amacca2085]

I agree I miss seeing the intercity logo Memories are made of this haha

[@jcderby129]

@@amacca2085 BR and Intercity are my two favourite livery’s for those.

[@martintrodden2743]

@@amacca2085 an iconic livery for the hst

[@jcderby129]

Sorry, if this seems rude. We’re you gifted these or did you have to buy them?

[@jaysmith1408]

Starts like an EMD

[@LNER_HST_43290]

😍😍😍 hopefully Colne valley don’t bloomen change one of those FGWs into another livery.

[@AquaFonic]

They need a paint job if they last

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

We are keeping 43071 in FGW, atm we are working on freshening the livery when we can! We have already sorted out a lot of the corrosion on 71s body work

[@Zombie-Tog]

Nice, will the line be expanded? You must be running out of space!

[@LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise]

This is awesome. its sad it wont get past 25mph (heritage line speed ?) Id love to come and take a ride. starts on the first press of the button !!!!!!!!!! 🙂

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Thank you! It is a shame to see them reaped from their line speed but even better to have them kept running in preservation!

[@Grid56]

​@@BOBPTransportVideosMaybe a trip to Great Central to use their 60mph ability ?

[@bunnygirl95]

I know theyre pretty old now, but I still find it hard to believe these sleek monsters are now at preserved lines :S Will the lights be changed back to the originals or will they keep the new (ish) round LEDs? Nerdy question I know XD

[@transportationuk7656]

I can tell one of the jobs that needs doing is fixing the speedometer as I noticed it didn’t move when the loco moved.

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

In the first cab video the speedometer is dead, that is because the GWR ATP system was active. We isolated it in the station and the final cab shot shows the Speedo working again 👍

[@Somerset-Trains]

Oooo ex FGW

[@themuzaman3561]

Pity line not longer

[@Bbq7272]

Back in original br colours i hope

[@mattylamb658]

Lovely locos. Did they manage to get up to max running speed of 148.5 mph on full afterburner on the Colne Valley line? 😉

[@thamesmud]

That was a Pacman powered unit not an MTU.

[@mbbx4ajf]

I must be missing something: how is 5:26 not a spad?

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

Mentioned in the description we had a line block and possession of whole line for our test runs and shunts, signal passed with permission so we can shunt over onto the crossing

[@Ichwillkeinenaliascheisyoutube]

The railway should be restored....

[@TOBLEROWAN123]

Wish it was a paxman valenta

[@jacksonstrainandbusadventures]

It needs a repaint

[@easternrailfreight]

I highly doubt that’s the highest priority lol

[@BOBPTransportVideos]

We are concerned with the mechanics at the moment are paint will be performed in the future

[@davehanson7764]

It's great to see a HST preserved but I don't think these engines will be happy trundling along at 25 mph when tbey could reach 125 mph in days gone by

[@Lighting_Desk]

Still plenty of life left in these old girls yet.