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First Great Western Trains High Speed Train

43042 43029

First Great Western Trains High Speed Train

Years Released: 2002 2003 2004 2005 (Model Year pages)
Model released for 4 years.

Model: First Great Western Trains High Speed Train
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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2002 2003 2004 2005

Company: GW - First Great Western
Logo: GW Logo
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Livery: GW Purple & Yellow

Livery Details: Purple with yellow, white and pink trimming.
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Model Ranking:
Current: 1019 - December 2023
Previous: 866 - November 2023
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Model Year Details (4)

YEAR	CAT	MODEL
2002	R.2299	First Great Western Trains High Speed Train
2003	R.2299	First Great Western Trains High Speed Train
2004	R.2299	First Great Western Trains High Speed Train
2005	R.2299	First Great Western Trains High Speed Train

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Model Catalogue Information

YEAR	INFORMATION
2003	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.
2004	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 – see page 92. 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.
2005	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.