Eurostar - Class 373 Powered Locomotive / Class 373 Unpowered Locomotive / 2 Passenger Saloons

Eurostar - The UK's first international high speed passenger train - is a combination of English, French and Belgian technology. This eye-catching, 400 metre long train carries 770 passengers from Waterloo International to Paris Gare du Nord in just 3 hours.

This "00" scale model is fitted with non functioning pantographs and because of the unique way the units are coupled together the train must be run as a complete unit.

Due to the length of the coaches and the use of scale bogies, the Eurostar is not suitable for use on tracks with a radius of less than 438mm (17 1/4")

EWS BO-BO Diesel Electric 'Royal Diamond', Class 67 Locomotive

EWS Mk3 1st Class Open Coach '11039' / EWS Mk3 Sleeper Coach '10546' / EWS Mk3 DVT '82146'

In 2004 EWS commissioned the creation of a special Company Train (CoT) or Manager's Train to provide a replacement to the company's rather aged inspection saloon. The train was based on a high speed push pull concept using a Class 67, 3 Mk3 trailer coaches and an ex West Coast Mainline Mk3 DVT. Effectively an office on wheels the train is capable of speeds of 125 mph and can also be used for driver training as well as other EWS company functions. The specially liveries train consits of a distinctively marked Class 67 and Mk3 DVT as well as a Mk3 First Open coach, Mk3 Buffet coach and a Mk3 Sleeper. These coaches are finished in an almost EWS dark maroon.

BR 4 VEP Class 423 DTCL / BR VEP Class 423 MBSO / BR 4 VEP CLASS 423 TSO / BR 4 VEP Class 423 DTCL

This 4 car unit is presented in the earlier BR Blue livery of the period and is representative of the 'slam door' commuter train so prevalent on the Southern network in the later half of the century.

• Length: 1492mm - All 4 units combined
• DCC Type: DCC Ready
• Livery: Eurostar
• Class: 373
• Designer: GEC-Alsthom,BN
• Entered Service: 1993
• Detail: Pantograph (Non-functional)
• Motor: 3 pole skew wound
• Purpose: Passenger

2016 marks the 20th anniversary of the formation of one of the United Kingdom’s most distinctive Railway Operating Companies, English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd, or EWS as it was more commonly known. The merger of Rail Express Systems, Loadhaul, Mainline Freight and Transrail Freight into North and South Railways during March 1996 was followed, on April 25th, by the unveiling of the EWS brand, but it was not until October 1996 that the English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd was formed.

On December 24, 1996, EWS was announced as the preferred bidder for the loss-making Railfreight Distribution, a deal concluded on March 12, 1997. At that point EWS controlled 90% of the United Kingdom's railfreight market and by 2006 the company's turnover was approaching £1 billion, with the UK market share standing at around 70%. On June 28, 2007, Deutsche Bahn announced it had agreed to purchase EWS, subject to receiving regulatory approval and the sale was completed on November 13, 2007. Despite assurances to the contrary, on January 1, 2009 EWS was rebranded as DB Schenker, their corporate red livery displacing the highly distinctive EWS maroon and yellow livery.

Contents:

• - DPTS no. 811 002
• - DPTF no. 815 002

A logical design progression from the Class 395 Javelin, the Class 800/801/802 stock have been designed to technical specifications laid down by the Department for Transport, complying with the latest European standards. The main requirements were for the stock to have the flexibility to run on a variety of lines, on gradients up to 1:37, with varying running infrastructure, as well as being adaptable to future transport planning and passenger demands. Running as five car and nine car units, trains can be extended up to a maximum of twelve cars, with a maximum total multiple length of 312 metres, in both bi-mode (dual electric/diesel) and electric forms.

The lineage of the ‘Brighton Belle’ can be traced back to the introduction of the daily ‘Pullman Limited Express’ by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway on the London Victoria to Brighton route on December 5, 1881 and its subsequent replacement by the 'Southern Belle' on November 1, 1908.

Contents

• Pullman, 5-BEL 'Brighton Belle', Unit No. 3053, Driving Motor Brake  Parlour Third, Car No. 92 - Era 4
• Pullman, 5-BEL 'Brighton Belle', Unit No. 3053, Driving Motor Brake  Parlour Third, Car No. 93 - Era 4

On 18 March, 2016, Sir Richard Branson unveiled the first Class 800/1 unit to be branded in Virgin Trains East Coast 'Azuma' livery at Kings Cross Station. Since then, the Hitachi fleet of IEP test trains, based at the new Doncaster Carr Depot, have completed thousands of hours of testing over the ECML and while Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC) have been replaced as franchise holders by London North Eastern Railway (LNER), 'Azuma' five and nine car sets are due to commence public services on the East Coast Main Line during early 2019.