Hornby R3948 OO BR Class 370 Advanced Passenger Train Non-Driving Motor 49004

The original full specification configuration for the APT-P was to comprise fourteen cars with the two power (Non-Driving Motor) cars marshalled at the outer ends of the sets. However, it soon became clear that the use of two pantographs, one on each power car, was unsuitable for the overhead power (OHP) wires in place on the West Coast Mainline at that time.

Using two power cars in the middle of the train became the only operational option for British Rail, effectively cutting the train in half and this created two 1+6 formations within the APT, consisting of a DTS, TS, TRBS, TU, TF, TBF and NDM (Non-Driving Motor), through which passengers could not pass due to the high magnetic fields generated by the electrical equipment contained in the NDM. Theoretically, by siting the NDMs centrally, the preceding vehicles would clean the track, aiding adhesion over sections of the WCML such as Shap and Beattock. The arrangement would also help to mitigate the effect of suspension buckling with the train, but by far the most useful aspect of the central position of the NDM was the flexibility that it gave to formation planning for the APT, making a 1+11 configuration possible in the event that a full 2+12 formation was to prove commercially unviable.

Includes

• 1x Rolling Stock Coache

Technical Specifications

• Item Length - Without Packaging (cm): 27.6
• Item Height - Without Packaging (cm): 5
• Item Width - Without Packaging (cm): 3.5
• Item Weight - Without Packaging: 0.14
• Item Scale: 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
• DCC status: DCC Ready 8 pin socket
• Finish: Painted
• Colour: Grey
• Gauge: OO
• Operator: BR
• Designer: BREL
• Livery: Executive
• Minimum Curve (mm): Radius 2
• Motor: 5 pole skew wound
• Wheel arrangement: Bo-Bo
• Coupling: NEM / Proprietary coupling between coaches. No end couplings.
• Class: British Rail Class 370
• Number of Parts: 1