Hornby R40555 OO RailRoad BR Intercity Mk4 FO Coach 11241

Following on from the Mk3 coach, the Mk4s were built between 1989 and 1992 at Metro-Cammell’s Washwood Heath facility for the newly-electrified InterCity 225 services on the East Coast Main Line.

A total of 282 carriages were built to maintain a fleet of 30 fixed formations. Each one comprised of nine vehicles, operating with a Class 91 locomotive and a Driving Van Trailer on the other end to allow trains to operate in both directions without needing to turn the locomotive.

The Mk4 is an all-steel design which incorporates a number of improvements over the previous Mk3s, most-notably the inclusion of automatic push-button operated plug-type doors in place of the manually-operated slam doors. The body shells, which were built by BREL and Breda in Milan, also have fully sealed gangways and controlled emission toilets (CETs).

This RailRoad model coach is a durable replica of a First Class Open coach in BR InterCity livery.

Specifications

• Item Length - Without Packaging (cm): 24.6
• Item Height - Without Packaging (cm): 5.5
• Item Width - Without Packaging (cm): 3.5
• Item Scale: 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
• Gauge: OO
• Operator: British Railways
• Wheel Configuration: Co-Co
• Livery: White/Grey
• Minimum Curve (mm): Radius 2
• Buffer Type: No Buffers
• Coupling Type: Wide Tension Lock