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Dapol - 2D-009-006 - Passenger Train, Diesel, DMU, Class 121 - British Rail - 977858

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Stock Number2D-009-006
Original Retail Price£140.00
BrandDapol
ManufacturerDapol
Body StyleDapol Passenger Train Class 121 DMU
PrototypePassenger Train, Diesel, DMU, Class 121
Road or Company NameBritish Rail (Details)
Reporting MarksBR
Road or Reporting Number977858
Paint Color(s)Maroon with Yellow Ends & White Roof
Print Color(s)Yellow
Additional Markings/SloganRailtrack Clearing the Way
Coupler TypeRapido Hook NEM Standard Pocket
Wheel TypeChemically Blackened Metal
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
DCC ReadinessReady
Item CategoryPassenger Trains
Model TypeDiesel
Model SubtypeDMU
Model VarietyClass 121
Scale1/148



Specific Item Information: The BR Class 121 is a type of DMU built by Pressed Steel Company in Cowley in 1960. In all 16 single car driving vehicles or bubble cars as they were nicknamed and 10 trailer cars entered service during 1960. Two are still in service today and eight survive into preservation. The Class 121 was initially designed for use on branchline duties in the Western Region of BR and over its long service life has seen many modifications and changes on refurbishment including the removal of the distinctive front exhausts and the plating over of the 4 digit roof level head code indicator box in the 1970's.
Road Name History:
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages between 1994 and 1997. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission, it became an independent statutory corporation in 1962 designated as the British Railways Board.

British Rail designed and manufactured rolling stock from 1948 to 1989, at which time its subsidiary British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) was privatised.

1997 marked the end of the privatization effort in which the last assets of British Rail were sold to 31 regional freight and passenger operators as well as Railtrack (which was later brought under public control as Network Rail), which was given the track and infrastructure.

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Brand/Importer Information:
Dapol Ltd is a Welsh model railway manufacturer based in Chirk, Wales. The factory where design and manufacturing take place is just over the border in England. The company is known for its model railway products in N gauge and OO gauge. Dapol's name is a play on its founders David and Pauline Boyle's names. He owned a model concern Highfield Birds & Models. In 1981 he first tried to buy the Airfix and Mainline ranges. The Dapol brand name was first used in a Railway Modeller advert of September 1983. The first Dapol wagons (for OO) were announced to become available on 20 November 1983. From 1 March 1984 ex Airfix railway kits became available.

Dapol manufactures a growing range of N gauge locomotives, coaches and wagons, and is the main competitor of Graham Farish in the British 'ready-to-run' market. Continuous improvement in model specifications has led to the introduction of 40:1 gearing in locomotive drive mechanisms, NEM couplings on all stock, and LED lighting strips for coaching stock (yellow for 'older' coaches, to represent incandescent illumination, and white for more modern coaches and EMUs to represent fluorescent fittings).
Item created by: CNW400 on 2022-01-17 09:52:42

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