Hornby R40010 BR Departmental, ex-Mk1 BSO Landore Breakdown Unit, ADB 975082 - Era 7 Rolling Stock - Coach

Product Description

Exquisite rolling stock for your Hornby locomotives Enter the fascinating world of Hornby wagons and coaches. Full size locomotives were developed to haul freight and passengers; our on-line model train shop is full of wonderfully detailed rolling stock for your OO scale engines to pull, too. Our passenger coaches - available singly or in packs - complement any elegant locomotive and the sheer variety of freight with authentic logos and branding means wherever your model is set and whatever loads you wish to move, there will be suitable models for your layout. Whether you are looking for the elegance of Pullman coaches or workaday brake vans, container wagons and hopper wagons with detailed company logos, you will find all the Hornby rolling stock you need for your trains. During the 1970s, British Railways had pursued the concept of tilting train technology for the West Coast Main Line through the Class 370 Advanced Passenger Train concept, allowing for higher speeds to be taken through curves. By minimising lateral forces on the passengers, the tendency to slide sideways was reduced, which in turn allowed passenger comfort levels to be maintained at higher speeds. Even with the cancellation of the APT project, the idea of train tilt was still being considered in the 1980s for the InterCity 225 project, and again during the 1990s for the aborted InterCity 250 concept. In 1997, when Virgin Trains were awarded the franchise to operate the West Coast Main Line following the privatisation of British Rail, it was on the proviso that new rolling stock was to be introduced, replacing the ageing Class 86/87/90 locomotives and Mark 2/3 coaches and so a 500 million order was placed with Alstom/Fiat Ferroviaria to construct fifty-four, eight-car tilting train sets, later increasing to nine, then eleven car sets. The current Pendolino fleet of 52 sets comprises 31 eleven-car sets and 21 nine-car sets and all have been transferred to Avanti West Coast, the operating name for the new West Coast Partnership between FirstGroup plc and Trenitalia UK that took over the operation of the existing West Coast Main Line services on 8 December 2019, from Virgin Trains. Please note, box and model dimensions are shown as identical however only represent the box/package size.

• Operator/Livery: BR Departmental, Red/Blue • Gauge: 00 • Period : Era 7 (1971 - 1986) • Length : 265mm • Designer : BREL