GNER Class 43 HST Bo-bo Train

No. 43096 'Stirling Castle' started its working life in an InterCity 125 livery and was named 'The Queen's Own Hussars'. Towards the early 2000s, it was renamed 'The Great Racer' and then 'Stirling Castle'. In 2019, it sported a new LNER red and white livery and was renumbered to 43296. It's now in service for the EMR. 

No. 43119 'Harrogate Spa' was originally part of unit 254032 in the Eastern Region, the last such unit assigned to it. Named 'Harrogate Spa' in 2003, a name it carried until 2008 when it was also renumbered to 43319, it is presently in storage after last being in service with East Midland Railway.

Tech Specs

Item Length - Without Packaging (cm)

24.5

Item Height - Without Packaging (cm)

5

Item Width - Without Packaging (cm)

3.5

Item Weight - Without Packaging

0.19

Item Scale

1:76 Scale 00 Gauge

Finish

Painted

Colour

Blue

Gauge

OO

DCC Status

DCC Ready 21 pin socket

Operator

GNER

Designer

Sir Kenneth Grange

Wheel Configuration

Bo-Bo

Livery

GNER Blue

Minimum Curve (mm)

Radius 2

Motor

5 Pole Skew wound

Number of Parts

2

Class

Class 43

Buffer Type

No Buffers

Coupling Type

NEM Couplings

Hornby Decoder Compatibility Primary

HM7000-21TXS: Bluetooth® & DCC Sound Decoder (21-pin)