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2003 - First Great Western Trains High Speed Train
43042 43029
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: GW - First Great Western
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Livery: GW Purple & Yellow
Livery Details: Purple with yellow, white and pink trimming.
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Catalogue Number: R.2299
Year Information: First Great Western Trains were one of the first of the new privatized rail operators to commence service in February 1996 on routes out of Paddington and Waterloo to the West Country and South Wales. HST’s like this one provide FGWT’s daytime services. Coaches are Hornby’s scale length Mk.3’s with running numbers exclusive to this pack. Coaches with other numbers are available to extend the train. The presentation of the locomotive and dummy power car is also special to the pack, including wheels blackened to match the new finish on the coach wheels. Model features working headlights that operate in the direction of travel. Note that this train is only suitable to run on second radius curved track or greater.
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Publication: Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Ninth Edition 2003
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 49th Edition
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Model Ranking:
Current: 1019 - December 2023
Previous: 866 - November 2023
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