Model Year Details

2008 - B.R. Intercity 125 High Speed Train (Class 43)

U.K.
W43055 W43054


B.R. Intercity 125 High Speed Train (Class 43)

Model: B.R. Intercity 125 High Speed Train (Class 43) (Overall Model page)
Running Number: W43055 W43054
Category: Train Packs
Train Packs
Locomotive Class: Class 43
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
BO-BO
Model Information: Length per vehicle: 235mm.
R.2701X is DCC fitted.
Models Produced: ---
Company: B.R. - British Railways
Logo: B.R. Logo
Logo Years: 1965 - 1997
British Railways
Livery: B.R. Blue
B.R. Blue
Livery Details: Rail blue with yellow cab ends.
Company Information: British Railways came into existence in 1948 when the dominating four British railway companies amalgamated. Steam traction on British Railways ended in 1968 and the system was re-branded as British Rail.
Year: 2008
Catalogue Number: R.2701
Year Information: When first introduced onto the mainline the Paxman-Valenta powered HSTs brought a new and dynamic excitement to high speed rail travel in the 1970s, it is therefore quite fitting that the first of the totally new Hornby Class 43 HST units should carry the original livery of blue and yellow.
Model Motor: ---
Publication: Hornby - Edition Fifty-Four 2008 - OO Gauge Model Railways & Accessories
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 54th Edition
Hornby - Edition Fifty-Four 2008 - OO Gauge Model Railways & Accessories
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Model Year Details (3)

YEAR CAT IMAGE
2008 R.2701 2008
B.R. Intercity 125 High Speed Train (Class 43)
2009 R.2701 2009
B.R. Intercity 125 High Speed Train (Class 43)
2010 R.2701 2010
B.R. Intercity 125 High Speed Train (Class 43)

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