East Midlands Trains Class 43 43055

43055 is one of six diesel locomotives based at Torfield TRSMD.

Valenta, as she is affectionately known, is an InterCity 125 high-speed train, classified under TOPS as Class 43.

She is owned by East Midlands Trains and is used on services between Torfield and London St Pancras. She forms part of a HST set along with locomotive 43048 and carriages 40749, 41077, 42164, and 44047. This set is not permanently coupled, however, and can be modified. She is in a special variation of East Midlands Trains' livery, designed to be carried by HST power cars.