R3874 BR, Class 370 Advanced Passenger Train, Set 370 001 and 370 002, 7-car pack - Era 7
BR, Class 370 Advanced Passenger Train, Set 370 001 and 370 002, 7-car pack - Era 7
Featuring an impressive set of passenger cars with two power cars marshalled at the outer ends of the set, the APT 7-car pack encapsulates the historical character of the Advanced Passenger Train in its many forms. With a number of failures and successes, the APT is a thought-provoking addition to any model railway layout.
- 1:76 Scale
- 00 Gauge Compatible
- DCC Ready 8 pin socket
The BR, Class 370 Advanced Passenger Train, Set 370 001 and 370 002, 7-car pack includes two driving units, four coaches and a non-driving motor unit.
With a number of formations and varying traction options, the APT-S, APT-R, APT-T, APT-U and APT-V projects never materialized.
The full 2+12 sets set a new time and speed record for the 401 mile trip between London and Glasgow. Additional cars are available to complete the fourteen car formation.
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Product Info
At the beginning of 1982, the CM&EE considered that development problems with the ATP-P project would mean that the introduction of APT-S, scheduled for 1988, would not happen because APT-P still required at least six more years to achieve an acceptable degree of reliability. Given this situation, a meeting of the BRB Railway Executive Group on 23 June 1982 laid out four options for the commercial introduction of APT as part an overall InterCity traction strategy, with the quickest solution being the APT-U option.
The APT-U consisted of two power cars with one at either end of the train and ten passenger cars, with a proposed increase to twelve vehicles to follow. Tilt was to be incorporated, but not articulation. The anticipation of the Board was for twenty trainsets to be completed for use mainly on the London to Manchester and Liverpool routes with selected operation to Glasgow. As this design incorporated proven equipment and dispensed with the APT-P's transfer gearbox and HK braking, it was envisaged that service operation could begin before 1989.
In mid-1984, TS Sc48204 was withdrawn from Set 370 004 and sent to the Engineering Development Unit (EDU) at Derby RTC for conversion to an APT-U test vehicle and extensive rebuilding of the underframe being undertaken in order to incorporate tilting double bogies based on the BT12 units. Following completion, some static testing was undertaken at Derby as well as dynamic testing on the WCML in an APT formation, where the coach was inserted between the TBF and NDM vehicles.
Create a Later Fourteen Car Formation by adding the following SKUs (sold separately):
- R40011A (x2)
- R40012A (x2)
- R40013A (x2)
- R40014A (x2)
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Tech Specs
- 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
- License
- No
- Finish
- Painted
- Colour
- Grey
- Gauge
- OO
- DCC Status
- DCC Ready 8 pin socket
- Operator
- BR
- Designer
- BREL
- Livery
- Intercity Executive
- Minimum Curve (mm)
- Radius 2
- Motor
- 5 Pole Skew wound
- Number of Parts
- 7
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