In the early 1970s, British Rail was struggling with declining passenger numbers and outdated equipment. Engineers at Derby set out to create a train that could travel at on existing tracks, avoiding the massive costs of building brand-new high-speed lines like those in France or Japan. 1. The Design: Form Meets Function
InterCity 125: Sir Kenneth Grange - York - National Railway Museum 43 : The Speed Star
The story of the —famously known as the InterCity 125 —is a tale of British engineering that quite literally saved a dying rail industry. In the early 1970s, British Rail was struggling