Model Year Details

1999 - GNER 125 High Speed Train (Class 43)

43116 43117

Model: GNER 125 High Speed Train (Class 43) (Overall Model page)
Running Number: 43116 43117
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: Length - Power Car 243mm.
Length - Scale length Mk3 Tourist Class Coach - 305mm.
Models Produced: ---
Company: GNER - Great North Eastern Railway
Logo: GNER Logo
Logo Years: 1996 - 2007

Livery: GNER Blue

Livery Details: Dark navy blue with a red stripe and gold lettering.
Company Information: The GNER operated high-speed express passenger trains on the East Coast Main Line.

Year: 1999
Catalogue Number: R.2116
Year Information: Another HST with the new scale length Mk.3 coaches, this one in the handsome blue and gold livery of GNER, in service on the East Coast London to Scotland route since 1996. All parts of the train are specially liveried for this Train Pack, with exclusive running numbers for the coaches. All wheels on the power and dummy cars are finished to match the new blackened treatment of the Mk.3 wheels. Model has 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 - Forty-Fifth Edition 1999
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 45th Edition

Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Fifth Edition 1999

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UK Price List: £79.99
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