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    Nov 12, 2018 2 minutes

    125 The Enduring Icon

    By The 125 Group

    Published by Amberley www.amberley-books.com www.125group.org.uk/sales 96 pages, colour, 234x165mm, softback. £14.99/£17.99

    THE title says it all, as over the last 40 years British Rail’s Intercity 125 has truly become an icon of rail travel. Intended as a stop-gap to electrification, the fleet’s usefulness has seen them long outlive their original design life, and only now are beginning to be replaced by

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