Hornby R2048

Class 90 90002 Mission Impossible in Virgin Livery - Model Rail special edition

Name: Hornby R2048 Class 90 90002 Mission Impossible in Virgin Livery - Model Rail special edition
Brand: Hornby
SKU: R2048

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Prototype Era
Era 9 (1995 to 2004) Initial Privatisation

Catalogue listing

Brand

Hornby

Product Code

R2048

Model details

Finish

Pristine

Livery

Red & Black

DCC status

Minimum radius curve

2nd Radius (438mm)

Motor

Ringfield

Based on preserved

Directional lighting

Interior lighting

Pickup in tender

Passenger figures

Tooling date

1988

Scale

OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)

Chassis construction

Lightweight

Coupling mount

Fixed

Coupling type

Tension lock

Minimum radius

Radius 1

DCC

DCC Ready

Prototype information

Locomotive type

Electric

Builder

British Rail Engineering Ltd, Crewe Works

Build date

1987 - 1990

Total built

Power output

5,000 hp

Tractive effort

58,000 lbf

Wheel configuration

Bo-Bo

Operated by

British Rail
DB Cargo UK
Freightliner
Greater Anglia
Virgin Trains
EWS
First ScotRail
ONE
GNER
& more

Main duties

Mixed traffic - mainly express passenger and heavy freight

In service until

Present

Locomotive class^*

British Rail Class 90

Motive power

Electric

^* Class names often change over the lifespan of a locomotive, so this is not necessarily the class name used by the operator in the period modelled.

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