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Indeed.
I think it would be something of a travesty if a HST set is not preserved. It's got too much historical value.
Apart from being a record holder, it's also an officially recognised "Icon of Britain" - and the most loved and recognised train in recent history. It revolutionised the railway, probably the only modern train to do so, infact it was probably the last great "Hoo-rar" of the British Railways.
The public actually love HST's, they find them quiet and comfortable, a lot more so than modern EMU and DMUs, and when they where introduced they enticed a lot of business to the railway, saving many underused branches from closure, etc.
We owe a lot to the InterCity 125. I would suggest that at the very minimum, a set will be donated to the national collection.
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