Hornby R30105

BR, Class 370 Advanced Passenger Train (NDM), 49002 - Era 7

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Prototype Eras
Era 7 (1972 to 1982) British Rail Blue (TOPS)
Era 8 (1983 to 1994) British Rail Sectorisation

Manufacturer description

After a number of reconfigurations and experimentations with the original APT-P, the NDM was the first vehicle completed for testing in June 1977 and in mid-1978 the power car was joined by the rest of 370 001, the first half set, for testing on the WCML.

The Advanced Passenger Train (APT) programme is remembered by many as one of British Rail’s greatest embarrassments, an ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful design. The APT-P multiple units incorporated ideas that were well ahead of their time, most famously including a computerised tilting system which allowed the trains to navigate the tight turns of Britain’s ageing railways up to 40% faster than anything else of the time.


The first APT-P unit was introduced in 1979 and the trains were progressively developed until 1987, the highlight being a period of passenger service between 1983 and 1985. Ultimately the complexity and cost of the unreliable APT saw it replaced by the simpler and considerably cheaper IC125 HST programme, but lessons learned were incorporated into the IC225 programme and later the tilting Alstom Pendolino trains still operating on the West Coast Mainline.'

Catalogue listing

Brand
Hornby
Product Code
R30105
GTIN
5055286697586
RRP
£149.99
Catalogue
2022 Range
Release date
June 2023

Model details

DCC status
DCC Ready 8 pin socket
Finish
Painted
Motor
5 Pole Skew wound
Colour
Grey
Minimum radius curve
2nd Radius (438mm)
Livery
Exclusive
Coupling
NEM / Proprietary coupling between coaches. No end couplings.
Power pickup
All wheels
Gauge
OO
Running number
49002
Features
Interior lighting

Prototype information

Locomotive class*
British Rail Class 370
Operator
BR
Motive power
Electric Multiple Unit
Designer
BREL
Built
1978
Built by
British Rail Engineering Limited, Derby Works
Total produced
3

* 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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