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Accurascale ACC22351

TransPennine Express Mk5a Pack 1

Manufacturer catalogue image - please note that pre-release images may be CAD renders or CGI/AI images rather than photographs

Prototype Eras
Era 9 (1995 to 2004) Initial Privatisation
Era 11 (2016 to 2026) The Last Days of Privatisation

Manufacturer description

Each pack comprises 4 intermediate coaches and 1 driving trailer

Arrangement is DT|T2|T3|T3|T1

Running numbers:
DT 12801, T2 12703, T3 12701, T3 12702, T1 11501

Common Features:

• Highly detailed OO scale model, 1:76.2

• Coach specific details, including but not limited to;

  • Separately applied etched metal and high fidelity plastic detail parts, including handrails, brake pipes

• • NEM standard coupling sockets with mini-tension-lock couplers with Kinematic close coupling system and provided close coupling bars

• • Prism Free Glazing

• • Fully detailed Underframe

• • Fully detailed and painted / printed accurate interiors

• Fully detailed Lighting Pack, including:

• • Directional lighting, DC and DCC (Driving Trailer only)

• • Interior Coach lighting with Stay-Alive Capacitor

• • Illuminated destination boards

• RP25-110 wheels OO wheels with provision for re-gauging to p4 and EM gauge

• Fully sprung metal buffers where applicable

• Extra fine factory-fitted pipework

Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd Radius Set-track)

Coach Length: 289mm

Catalogue listing

Model details

Prototype information

Accurascale TransPennine Express Mk5a Pack 1 is a 1 : 76.2 (OO) scale model supplied in the Transpennine livery and fitted with DCC‑ready equipment.

The model represents Mark 5 coaches with two bogies per car. It uses NEM/Tension‑lock couplings on the end cars together with a kinematic close‑coupling system that includes coupling bars between coaches. The minimum curve radius is 438 mm (Radius 2 on second‑radius set‑track). Each coach is 289 mm long and rides on RP25‑110 OO wheels, which can be re‑gauged to P4 or EM gauge. The pack includes fully sprung metal buffers where required.

The coaches were built by CAF in Beasain, Spain between 2016 and 2018. The manufacturer part number is ACC22351 and the model depicts the period of the initial privatisation of the service.

The pack contains five vehicles: one driving trailer (DT) and four intermediate coaches (T2, two T3s and T1). The formation is DT | T2 | T3 | T3 | T1, with running numbers DT 12801, T2 12703, T3 12701, T3 12702 and T1 11501.

Detailing includes separately applied etched metal and high‑fidelity plastic parts such as handrails and brake pipes, prism‑free glazing, a fully detailed underframe and accurately painted and printed interiors. The lighting pack provides directional lighting (DC and DCC for the driving trailer), interior coach lighting with a stay‑alive capacitor, and illuminated destination boards. Extra‑fine factory‑fitted pipework is also provided.