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2004 - First Great Western Trains High Speed Train
43042 43029
Model: First Great Western Trains High Speed Train (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: GW - First Great Western
Logo: GW Logo
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Livery: GW Purple & Yellow
Livery Details: Purple with yellow, white and pink trimming.
Company Information: ---
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
Model Information: ---
Models Produced: ---
Company: GW - First Great Western
Logo: GW Logo
Logo Years: ---
Livery: GW Purple & Yellow
Livery Details: Purple with yellow, white and pink trimming.
Company Information: ---
Year: 2004
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 – 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.
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Publication: Hornby OO Scale Model Railways - 50 - Fiftieth Anniversary Edition 2004
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 50th Edition
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Model Ranking:
Current: 367 - July 2022
Previous: 218 - June 2022
Movement:
(-149)
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 – 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.
Model Motor: ---
Publication: Hornby OO Scale Model Railways - 50 - Fiftieth Anniversary Edition 2004
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 50th Edition
Logo & Box Design:
UK Price List: ---
Aust Price List: ---
Can Price List: ---
Model Ranking:
Current: 367 - July 2022
Previous: 218 - June 2022
Movement:
(-149)
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