In a bizarre turn of events, Cotswold Rail turned one of their HSTs, 43087, into a life-size Hornby model! First Great Western ‘dynamic lines’ Each floor is like a labyrinth, and you must make your way through the rooms and corridors. Open the kid gates to lead the path, then keep walking the toddler to the bathroom. Just make sure not to get lost, or you might not finish your potty training in time! What else you should know It looks like the end is nigh for the British Class 43 ‘Intercity 125’ HST, with their replacements, the Hitachi SuperExpress ‘IEP’, now entering service in droves. The much-loved figure takes her name from a real-life Barbara – the daughter of the label's founder, Ruth Handler. When the American businesswoman observed her child playing with paper dolls, she noticed that she gave them adult roles. She saw a gap in the market for styles with grown-up bodies and launched her idea at the American International Toy Fair in New York City on 9 March 1959 (a date the company still marks as Barbie's official birthday). The toymaker designs contemporary iterations of the doll to inspire little girls around the world, with a wide range of skin tones, professions and hobbies, from doctors to dancers and mermaids.

You guessed it…it’s yet another HST livery for the Great Western mainline. But you’d have to say, it’s by far the best of the lot – just look at it. Pentagram’s ‘prestigious and straightforward’ visual identity is reflected in the deep green of their HSTs – in fact, it’s an entirely bespoke green, developed especially for GWR and based onthe original ‘dark holly green’ used on the first GWR locomotives. Sir Kenneth Grange’s masterpiece, the Intercity 125 High Speed Train, is now in its twilight years. East Coast did experiment with their own livery, too – as seen here, embellishing 43299. Grand Central By 2004, Midland Mainline had put their prancing stag to the sword, and swapped it out for this endlessly more mundane colour scheme. Cotswold Rail Are you prepared to become the best babysitter in the Barbie: Potty Race game? Get ready because taking care of a kid is no easy task! There are so many things to do around the house and not enough time. Lend your friend a hand, and make sure there are no distractions in the way of her little sister!

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For clarity, we’re not including allover advertising paint-jobs, small amendments, temporary bastardisations or special commemorative colour schemes here. That would just be ridiculous. In Barbie Fashion Police, Barbie has become part of the fashion police, and she must make sure that all the girls are following the latest fashion trends! Dress up different girls and make sure they are the biggest fashionistas in town! In 1987, BR again updated its Intercity brand, with the introduction of the ‘Swallow’. This did away with the yellow altogether, save for the front ends, and brought the red line and white base from the coaches all the way across the loco. And it saw the introduction of that iconic flying swallow logo,too. Great Western ‘Merlin’

NXEC’s grip on the East Coast franchise ended in disaster, but not before they’d binned GNER’s attractive navy blue livery in favour of their excruciatingly dull grey and white colour scheme. The Government’s operator, East Coast, adapted this for their own purposes after the National Express franchise collapsed. East Coast The prototype HST power cars, along with their rake of Mk3 coaches, were painted in this fetching, modern blue and grey livery, with full yellow ends. Perhaps one of the most attractive liveries, not just on this list, but of all time, is GNER’s navy blue with red stripe. Tastefully applied, always immaculately presented – it is quite simply, timeless. And we miss it dearly. New Measurement Train In the 1980s, British Rail refreshed the look of their HST fleet, with the introduction of InterCity ‘Executive’. It took the yellow from its predecessor, with a white, now filled-in logo, set on a dark grey base, complemented with a rake of beige and grey coaches accented with a red stripe. Intercity ‘Swallow’ As far as HST liveries go, Cross Country’s maroon and silver colour scheme isn’t a bad effort! Their stylised ‘X’ is a nice touch, echoing the pointy nose of the loco. East Midlands TrainsAnd from one Best Impressions creation to another, it’s Virgin Trains East Coast’s devilishly sexy red and silver livery. The way the original light bar is extended and flared across the bodyside in silver is a masterstoke – and those coaches trailing behind, adorned in diagonal-leaning red stripes, are a sight to behold when you see one at full tilt. GWR green Not content with their previous hundred liveries, First Great Western launched yet another livery upon their HST fleet in 2006 –‘dynamic lines’. It didn’t last very long on the HST power cars at all – little over a year – which is a shame, because it was easily the best of the bunch.

East Midlands Trains introduced this updated livery for their ex-Grand Central buffered HSTs, with a new, deeper blue gradient courtesy of DGDESIGN. Scotrail Inter7city First Great Western attempted to graft its corporate bus livery onto the HST fleet in 2003, but it didn’t go well. This was the result. First Great Western – let’s try that again If you love playing new and old Barbie games, then you’ll probably like many of the games in these categories: They’ve already put in a good, solid and genuinely rather astonishing 40 years of solid service, and during that time, they’ve been painted in many, many different liveries and variations – all of which we’re bringing together, right here. Built between 1975 and 1982, the Intercity 125 ‘HST’ trains are officially the fastest diesel trains ever produced anywhere in the world, setting a record of 148mph in 1987 which STILL hasn’t been beaten.

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Another Best Impressions creation, East Midlands Trains’ colourful, swooping livery is one of the all-time greats. It’ll be a crying shame when (or indeed, if) East Midland’s HST’s finally hang up their hats for the last time. Virgin Trains East Coast / LNER The first of Scotrail’s Intercity HSTs are now in service, refurbished and presented in this blue and grey livery, also courtesy of DGDESIGN, evoking the skyline of the seven cities of Scotland. Each set has been extensively refurbished, with new sliding doors on the coaches, and more. LNER / EMR ‘Flying Tomato’ Your main task is to help Barbie's sibling reach the bathroom for potty training. However, there isn't much time, so you have to rush to your destination! There are three stages on the chart for you to try, so you must do your best to complete little sis' training. Can you earn the "Perfect Potty" badge each time? By 2004, the ‘teardrop’ disaster was over, replaced by this much more toned-down livery with a simple fading pink leaf and gold stripe. Midland Mainline (2004)