Hornby East Coast Express OO Gauge Train Set DCC Ready (US plug)

Hornby Railways is a British model railway brand that dates back to the early 1900's. Over this time it has become a household name and has consistently made high quality and highly detailed model railway products for beginners and the serious model enthusiast.

Many of the B17 locomotive class were named after football clubs and invariably held a special place in the hearts of local communities associated with a football club of the same name. On many occasions local football supporters were conveyed to the ‘away’ match by their namesake engine, usually cleaned and polished to pristine condition for the day’s outing. This set is representative of a B17 "West Ham United" East Coast Express train and would have been a familiar sight on the Eastern Region of British Railways during the mid to late 1950s.

This is the perfect set to start your journey into model railways. The track circuit in this set can be extended to fully complete the included MidiMat layout using additional track and accessory packs thus creating an exciting and fully functioning model railway. The MidiMat is the ideal base for your layout, it provides a colorful finish to your baseboard and shows you where to lay the track. It also shows you where to add buildings and accessories when you wish to extend your layout.

This locomotive is DCC (Digital Command Control) ready which means it is ready to accept a DCC decoder without any complicated wiring. To run a DCC system this will require the purchase of a DCC controller and decoders etc. The system supplied with this train set is the simple to use standard analogue DC controller with transformer.

Train set contents:
• Hornby BR Class B17 "West Ham United" OO gauge locomotive (DCC ready)
• 1 x BR MK1 corridor composite coach
• 1 x BR MK1 brake 2nd class coach
• 3rd radius starter oval track
• Wall transformer (US plug)
• R8250 train controller
• R8206 power track
• Hornby MidiMat (1600 x 1180mm)