{"product_id":"hornby-r40555-br-intercity-mk4-fo-no-11241-oo-gauge","title":"Hornby Railroad R40555 BR Intercity MK4 FO No.11241 OO Gauge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHornby Railroad R40555 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBR Intercity MK4 FO No.11241 \u003cbr\u003eOO Gauge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"heading--3\"\u003eProduct Info\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid grid--1-col@medium\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid__item grid__item--60\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA total of 282 carriages were built to maintain a fleet of 30 fixed formations. Each one 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis RailRoad model coach is a durable replica of a First Class Open coach in BR InterCity livery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hornby Railroad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56891435942274,"sku":"R40555","price":31.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/0483\/9120\/files\/r40555.jpg?v=1788605613","url":"https:\/\/goinglocomodels.com\/products\/hornby-r40555-br-intercity-mk4-fo-no-11241-oo-gauge","provider":"Going Loco","version":"1.0","type":"link"}