Hornby RailRoad GWR Class 800 MC Coach 814001
Product Code: R40484
(Pre-Order Due December 2025)
Production Details:
Hornby RailRoad GWR Class 800 MC Coach 814001. This
GWR Class 800 Motor Second (MS) coach is one of the five coaches you
need to recreate a full GWR Class 800 train. This is the perfect
complement to the GWR Class 800 train pack that consists of the drive
and dummy unit - you can add just this coach or any of the other two
coaches available. The Class 800 trains were developed as replacements
for the long-serving Class 43 HSTs and were first introduced on the
Great Western Main Line in October 2017. Manufactured by Hitachi Rail,
36 five-car sets were built between 2014 and 2018 as part of the UK
Government’s ‘Intercity Express Programme’ (IEP) and branded ‘Intercity
Express Train’ (IET). The trains are bi-mode, capable of working along
the newly electrified sections of the route, while diesel engines allow
them to reach destinations that have not yet been electrified. An
intended fleet of purely electric Class 801 ‘IETs’ were instead built to
bi-mode specification in 2017/8, due to delays in completing
electrification work, and these were designated as Class 800/3s. There
are currently 21 of these running as nine-car sets. Sets designated
Classes 800/1 and 800/2 operate as nine and five-car sets respectively
under ‘Azuma’ branding for operator LNER on the East Coast Main Line.
The GWR ‘IET’ sets are numbered 800001-800036 and 800301-800321 and
several of these trains have been given two names, one on each of the
driving units. These are mainly the names of well-known people from
history, including famous sportsmen and women, politicians, decorated
war veterans and members of the Royal Family, with the driving units
each carrying a different name (some sets do have just one name).
Interesting exceptions include 800010 which has ‘Paddington Bear’ at one
end and his creator ‘Michael Bond’ at the other, and 800316 which is
named ‘Lionesses’, in honour of the England Ladies football team. The
GWR’s historic past is not forgotten either, and 800004 is named
‘Isambard Kingdom Brunel’ and ‘Sir Daniel Gooch’, both eminent engineers
associated with the original Great Western Railway.
Features:
Gauge: OO, Operator: GWR , Designer: Hitachi Rail, Minimum radius: 2nd,
Coupling Type: Non-NEM Pockets.
Size (mm): L 341 x H 52 x W 35.
