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Hornby R30172 Railorad Plus - Enhanced Livery Strathclyde PTE Class 101 2-Car DMU No.101695 - OO Gauge

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Original price £134.99
Current price £121.99
SKU R30172

Constructed in Birmingham, the Class 101 DMU was one of the longest lasting DMUs to ever see service in the UK. 527 of the class would be built across many orders from BR between 1956 and 1960. The first units would enter BR service in 1956 in the BR green livery.

Class 101 units at the height of their use could be seen in all corners of the UK, at the onset of privatisation in the 1990s the units would appear in all manner of colourful liveries such as the Network South East colours and First North Western. Throughout their life, Class 101 units would occasionally appear as a three car sets where demand dictated.

Unit 101695 is made up of units 51226 and 51499. A long period of the locomotives post-BR life was spent in Scotland in the striking Strathclyde PTE livery. In 2023, the unit is preserved and in working order on the Mid Norfolk Railway having been repainted from the Strathclyde livery into its introductory colours of BR green.

Item Length - Without Packaging (cm)
26.5
Item Height - Without Packaging (cm)
5
Item Width - Without Packaging (cm)
3.5
Item Weight - Without Packaging
0.45
Item Scale
1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
Finish
Painted
Colour
Orange and Black
Gauge
OO
DCC Status
DCC Ready 8 pin socket
Operator
Strathclyde PTE
Designer
Metro-Cammell
Wheel Configuration
Bo-Bo
Livery
SPTE Orange and Black
Minimum Curve (mm)
Radius 2
Motor
3 Pole
Number of Parts
1
Buffer Type
Separate Plastic Buffers
Coupling Type
Fixed Tension Lock