Hornby R40557 OO RailRoad BR Intercity Mk4 Buffet Coach 10321

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 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 OO gauge model coach represents a Buffet Car 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
• Livery: White/Grey
• Minimum Curve (mm): Radius 2
• Buffer Type: No Buffers
• Coupling Type: Wide Tension Lock