Hornby R40172 Midland Pullman, Mk3 First Open, M41176 - Era 11 DMU

Hornby R40172 Midland Pullman, Mk3 First Open, M41176 - Era 11 DMUProduct Info In order to allow running at 125 mph on Britain's Victorian era railways, new rolling stock was needed by British Railways. Significant improvements over the Mk2 included new secondary air suspension between the bogies and the coach body as well as aerodynamic skirting on the underframe. Mk3 coaches are 75ft (23m) long enabling far greater capacity than older coaches. Mk3 coaches also incorporate disk brakes and wheel slip protection

Employing authentic colours

Inside the cab there is interior detailing which will be decorated appropriately whilst machine room detailing is visible through the bodyside grilles

Shildon”

NEM couplings are mounted to the underframe

being named after persons and places associated with the legend of King Arthur and the Round Table

As departmental stock it was redesignated a class 960 and given the unit number 960015

logos and fonts

Darkened wheels and pin point bearings

On entry to BR service it received the number 65330 and had its tender lettering removed and replaced with that of British Railways

carrying the name 'The Commonwealth Institute' during BR Intercity service between July 1993 and November 1996 when the locomotive became part of Great North Eastern Railway's fleet at privatization

The Class 66 Diesel Locomotive revolutionised the British rail freight landscape when the first examples arrived in 1998

Small locomotives like this were easy to operate and maintain and were capable of traversing the tightest radius curves as would often be found in industrial settings