2012-04-02
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Intercity 125 high speed trains waiting to depart from London Paddington station, June 1991. Photograph: David Ashcroft. (via)
(Source: commons.wikimedia.org)
2012-03-29
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Inter-City 125 Oystercard holder and British Rail logo t-shirt, from the shop accompanying the V&A’s British Design exhibition. (Thanks, Chris.)
2012-01-17
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HST power cab section by smallritual on Flickr.
Another from Steve Collins, one of a few cross-sections and elevations he’s posted. I have a particular fondness for the InterCity 125 cab shape. It feels like future.
2010-09-13
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“With specially-composed music by David Gow and no commentary, Overture One-Two-Five was the last complete production to be shot on 35mm film by British Transport Films. It was produced to mark the introduction of the new Inter-City 125 High Speed Train services between Paddington and Bristol.”
(Source: filmstore.bfi.org.uk)
