The High-Speed Post Train

The High-Speed Post Train is a high-speed diesel engine that works on British Railways. It delivers letters and parcels between Sodor and the Mainland. It only appeared in the annual story Toby and the Mail Train.

Technical Details

Basis

The High-Speed Post Train is based on a British Rail (BR) Class 43 HST. This class holds the world record for fastest rail speed for a diesel-electric locomotive: 238 km/h or 148 mph, which was set in 1987. The majority of these are still in service, while others, for example, the HSTs that served the Great Western, East Coast and Midland Mainlines have been withdrawn after forty years of service. Pip and Emma share the same basis.

The High-Speed Post Train has the number 43047 which belongs to a real BR Class 43.

Livery

The High-Speed Post Train is painted blue and purple with red and yellow stripes. The real 43047 is currently painted in a similar livery, but with East Midlands Trains branding and a yellow warning panel.

Appearances

Other Media

Annual Stories

1997 - Toby and the Mail Train

Gallery

United Kingdom

* RWS only | ** T&F only

Locomotives	SR	Stepney \| Boxhill* \| Bluebell and Primrose* \| Adams*
	LNER	Gordon's Brothers* \| Flying Scotsman \| Pretty Polly \| Lemberg \| Green Arrow* \| Mallard* \| Silver Jubilee* \| Toby's Brothers* \| 1020* \| 8783*
	LMS	Jinty and Pug* \| The Foreign Engine* \| Bahamas* \| Duchess of Hamilton* \| Duchess**
	GWR	City of Truro \| The Dukes* \| King James I* \| Iron Duke* \| Earnest**
	BR	Diesel* \| Class 40 \| D199* \| Old Stuck-Up* \| British Railways Diesels \| D5705* \| 31120* \| 10751*
	Other	The Coalbrookdale Locomotive \| Midland Railway Engines* \| Awdry \| Albert* \| The Highland Engines* \| 98462 and 87546* \| Workshop Engines \| The Foreign Engines* \| Scrapped Engines \| Cromford* \| Captain Baxter* \| War Department Diesels* \| Stephenson's Rocket* \| Novelty \| Sans Pareil \| Wilbert* \| Sixteen* \| Sixteen's Friends* \| Alfred and Judy* \| The Hunslet Diesels* \| Eurostar \| Other Real Locomotives \| Puffing Billy \| The Mainland Engines \| Splatter and Dodge \| Spencer \| Connor \| Caitlin \| Samson \| Logan \| The Mainland Diesels \| Merlin \| Lexi \| Theo \| Hurricane \| Frankie**
Rolling Stock		Henrietta's Sister \| Thomas' Special Coach* \| Helena* \| Spencer's Coaches \| Connor's Coaches \| Caitlin's Coaches \| Plank Trucks \| Troublesome Trucks \| Flatbeds, Conflats and Well Wagons \| Ladle Trucks \| Brake Vans \| Bradford
Vehicles		North Star* \| Mermaid \| Dilly \| Beresford \| Mitchell \| The Hawker Hurricane
People		Elizabeth II \| The Thin Clergyman \| The Fat Clergyman \| The Duke and Duchess of Boxford**
Locations		Vicarstown Bridge \| Walney Channel \| Barrow-in-Furness \| King's Cross \| Paddington \| Euston \| St. Pancras \| Brighton \| Carnforth \| Crewe \| Fletcher, Jennings & Co. \| The Scottish Engine Company \| The Great Railway Show Yard \| The Mainland Canal \| The Steelworks \| The Experimental Engines' Yard \| Bridlington Goods Yard \| Victoria Station
Railways		Talyllyn Railway \| Ffestiniog Railway \| Snowdon Mountain Railway \| Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway \| Bluebell Railway \| Dean Forest Railway \| Toby's Old Tramway

Magazines & Annuals

Locomotives	Victor \| Sidney \| Thirteen \| Little Barford \| Silver \| The Blue Engines \| The Flying Thistle \| The Pier Train \| The Cable Car \| The High-Speed Post Train \| River Mite \| Prince \| Livingston Thompson \| The Coalbrookdale Locomotive
Rolling Stock	Annie and Clarabel's Old Friend \| The Animal Sanctuary Coach \| The Station Coach \| The Play Coach \| The New Coach \| The Posh Coaches \| Old Bennett \| The Naughty Pink Truck \| Carols on Wheels \| The Old Guard's Van \| The Elderly Brake Van
Vehicles	Angus \| The Special Bus Service \| The Open-Topped Double-Decker Bus \| The Ice-Cream Van \| The Float Lorry \| The White Van \| Bluebird \| The Dodgems \| Algy \| The Tandem Rotor Helicopter
People	Farmer Collett \| Dave \| Minor Human Characters (magazines) \| Minor Human Characters (annuals)