43162 leads the 08.31 from Cheltenham to London Paddington through Didcot Parkway at full line speed. This power car was a late production example leaving Crewe in early 1981. It was a Western Region power car to begin with, then it moved to the Midland. It was named 'Project Rio' in 2004 at Neville Hill, nameplates that it carried for a couple of months before returning to the West Country where it has stayed since.
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