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Prototype Eras
Era 6 (1967 to 1972) British Rail Blue (Pre-TOPS)
Era 7 (1972 to 1982) British Rail Blue (TOPS)
Two Power Cars each with a five-pole, skew-wound motor
Two Trailer Cars with articulated Swinging Arm Trailer Bogies
3D scanned exterior for accurate body contours.
Operating tilt mechanism and close coupling system
Operates smoothly down to Radius 2 (438mm) curves
Full interior detail including illuminated test instrumentation.
Working headlamps, tail lamps and interior lighting
Conventional DC or factory fitted with ESU DCC sound decoder
Accurate sound recorded from archival footage (DCC Sound version only)
Smooth-running mechanism with dual motors and flywheels
Designed for drop-in conversion to ‘P4’ and ‘EM’ gauges
* 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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