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Hornby R30105 OO BR Class 370 Advanced Passenger Train (NDM) 49002
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AU $276.49
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After a number of reconfigurations and experimentations with the original APT-P, the NDM was the first vehicle completed for testing in June 1977 and in mid-1978 the power car was joined by the rest of 370 001, the first half set, for testing on the WCML.\nThe Advanced Passenger Train (APT) programme is remembered by many as one of British Rail’s greatest embarrassments, an ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful design. The APT-P multiple units incorporated ideas that were well ahead of their time, most famously including a computerised tilting system which allowed the trains to navigate the tight turns of Britain’s ageing railways up to 40% faster than anything else of the time.\nThe first APT-P unit was.
- Buy It NowBR CLASS 370 ADVANCED PASSENGER TRAIN NDM 49002 ERA 7
