A closeup of the nameplate on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_43" class="extiw" title="w:British Rail Class 43">Class 43</a> HST powercar 43174 <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol" class="extiw" title="w:Bristol">Bristol</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux" class="extiw" title="w:Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a></i>.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux" class="extiw" title="w:Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a>, by far the largest city in south-western <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> is the obvious twin-town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol" class="extiw" title="w:Bristol">Bristol</a>, which is by far the largest city in south-western <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. That they are both ports on major estuaries makes this link all the more apropriate.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thryduulf" title="User:Thryduulf">Thryduulf</a>
Taken on 3 May 2005, 17:10 (according to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchangeable_image_file_format" class="extiw" title="en:Exchangeable image file format">Exif</a> data)
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