Hornby 00 Gauge BR R3582 Intercity Class 87 Bo-Bo 87010 "King Arthur" Era 7 (DCC ready)

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.

The Class 87 locomotive design resulted from a requirement for a more powerful mixed traffic electrical locomotive by British Rail which needed to cope with the route gradients of the West Coast Main Line between Weaver Junction and Glasgow. Electrification had been newly authorised over this section in 1970 and was scheduled for completion by May 1974, leaving little time to design a completely new locomotive from scratch and so British Rail decided to base the new class on the existing Class 86 locomotives.

The British Railways Board placed an order for 34 locomotives, later to be increased to 36, with British Rail Engineering Ltd at Crewe, GEC Traction providing the electrical equipment. Designed from the outset to work in pairs, as well as in parallel with the Class 86 fleet, the Class 87 was broadly similar to the Class 86 in terms of layout and styling, but mechanically it was a very different. Immediately identifiable by its new twin windscreen cab, multiple-unit control cables and a redesigned BP9 bogie with Flexicoil suspension, the new locomotives were assembled during 1973-74 and were geared for 110mph running on the WCML, being able to haul 450 ton passenger trains, or 750 ton freight trains single handed. With a power rating of 5000hp, they were to be the most powerful locomotives to run under British Rail until the late 1980s.

The Hornby model of a Class 87 Bo-Bo is supplied DCC ready, it is plug n play, no complicated wiring is required. It is finished in the BR Intercity colors with running number 87010 "King Arthur" and has NEM close coupled couplings as standard. The Class 67 Bo-Bo is powered by a 5 pole skew wound motor which provides a smooth and powerful drive unit.

Specs:
Type: Hornby OO Gauge BR Intercity Class 87 Bo-Bo 87010 "King Arthur" Era 7
Gauge: OO
DCC: DCC ready
Livery: BR Intercity Blue, White and Red
Class: 87 Bo-Bo
Period: Era 7 (1971-1986)
Utility: Passenger/Freight
Motor: 5 pole skew wound
Length: 243mm