Gauge |
00 |
DCC Type |
DCC Ready |
Livery |
InterCity |
Limited Edition |
Yes |
Limited Edition Size |
1,000 |
Class |
253 |
Designer |
British Railways |
Period |
1970s |
Age Suitability |
14+ |
Purpose |
Passenger |
Wheel Configuration |
Bo-Bo |
Hornby have incorporated many design alterations into the tooling of the new HST power units. This will allow the correct roof grilles, hoods and fans to be modelled, reflecting the changes and modifications made during the long service lives of these trains.
Those original HST’s consisted of a Driving Motor Brake (DMB), Trailer Firsts (TF), Trailer Seconds (TS), Trailer Restaurant Unclassified Kitchen (TRUK) and a Trailer Restaurant Second Buffet (TRSB). Once the Trailer Guard Second (TGS) were introduced, the later power cars had no guard’s equipment installed. By 1987 most power cars were simply classified as Driving Motor (DM), although they still had luggage van space, retaining a window by the luggage door on each side.