Model Year Details

2002 - Virgin High Speed Train (The Red Arrows)

43042 43029

Model: Virgin High Speed Train (The Red Arrows) (Overall Model page)
Running Number: 43042 43029
Category: Train Packs

Locomotive Class: Class 43

Designer: British Railways
Class Information: HST Class 253 train sets were introduced on the Western Region in 1975. Subsequent success of design has seen the trains used through-out the Britain and still in use today. A modified XPT design was exported to Australia in 1982. Previously known as Class 253/254. More...
Weight: 70 tons
Purpose: High Speed Express Passenger
Wheel Arrangement: BO-BO

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Company: VT - Virgin Trains
Logo: Virgin Logo
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Livery: Virgin Red

Livery Details: Red with black ends and three distinct white stripes.
Company Information: Virgin Trains was formed during the privatisation of British Rail.

Year: 2002
Catalogue Number: R.2298
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Publication: Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Eighth Edition 2002
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 48th Edition

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UK Price List: £85.00
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