Hornby R30098 GWR CL.43 HST 'Castle' Train

Hornby R30098 GWR, CL.43 HST 'Castle' Train

Power Car 43004 entered service in September 1976 and was one of the prototypes for the Brush MTU engine upgrade, this occurring between September 2004 and June 2005. As a result, it did not receive a full overhaul as other members of the class did and so returned to Brush to receive Cab upgrades in November 2007.  Power Car 43155 entered service in January 1981 and was overhauled by Brush between April and October 2006. With the introduction of the new Class 800 and 802 IEP units on the Great Western Mainline GWR cascaded remaining IC125 sets to rural routes shortening them to 4 passenger coach ‘Castle’ sets.

Item Length - Without Packaging (cm) - 23.5
Item Height - Without Packaging (cm) - 5
Item Width - Without Packaging (cm) - 3.5
Item Weight - Without Packaging - 0.71
Item Scale - 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
Finish - Painted
Colour - Green
DCC Status - DCC Ready 21 pin socket
Operator - Great western Railway
Designer - Sir Kenneth Grange
Livery - GWR Green
Minimum Curve (mm) - Radius 2
Motor - 5 Pole Skew wound
Number of Parts - 2