Hornby Mk3 Sliding Door Coaches - OO Gauge

Hornby Mk3 Sliding Door Coaches - OO Gauge

Hornby announced newly-tooled Mk3 coaches in January 2019.  These reflect the changes made to the real coaches which received modifications to comply with the Persons with Reduced Mobility regulations, the most visible of which was the fitting of sliding doors and adding retention tanks for the toilets.

Although the applicable Hornby coaches applicable have now sold out, we collated some formation information below to assist with recreating prototypical formations, although sadly only Scotrail still operate HST sets in passenger use.

GWR

GWR operated four coach "Castle" sets with four coaches between two power cars, generally on services between Cardiff and Bristol / Taunton and also Exeter to Penzance.  You can use any GWR Green power car with these coaches.  The FGW Purple and the celebrity pair 43002 / 43185 were never modified with door controls to operate with these sets so could not be used (although it is your railway of course!).  The formations Hornby have produced are as running in May 2019.

Designation

Set GW03 Vehicle No.

Hornby Catalogue Ref.

Set GW04 Vehicle No.

Hornby Catalogue Ref.

 Coach Letter
TGS

49103

R4896

49104

R4896A

 A

TS

48107

R4915

48110

R4915B

 B

TSD

48108

R4895

48111

R4895A

C

TS

48131

R4915C

48112

R4915A

D


In 2023 Hornby supplied a further four coach Castle set:

Designation

Set GW09
Vehicle No.

Hornby Catalogue Ref.

Set GWxx
Vehicle No.

Hornby Catalogue Ref.

 Coach Letter
TGS

49109

R4896B

 

 

 A

TS

48125

R4915D

 

 

 B

TSD

48126

R4895B

 

 

C

TS

48127

R4915E

 

 

D


Cross Country


Cross Country operated seven coach sets with seven coaches (sometimes eight) between two power cars.  They are generally used between Plymouth and Leeds / Newcastle, although there are variations such as the Thursday only Penzance starter for example.

Designation

Set XC01
Vehicle No.

Hornby Catalogue Ref.

Set XC03
Vehicle No.

Hornby Catalogue Ref.

Spare
Vehicle No.

Hornby Catalogue Ref.

TFD

41193

R4942

41195

R4942A

 

 

TCC

45001

R4941

45003

R4941A

 

 

TS

42342

R4940

42370

R4940C

42051

R4940G

TS

42097

R4940A

42378

R4940D

42369

R4940H

TS

42377

R4940B

42036

R4940E

 

 

TSD

42366

R4939

42376

R4939A

42380 / 42371

R4939B / R4939C

TGS

44021

R4938

44052

R4938A

 

 

 

ScotRail


ScotRail are now the operator of HSTs still in passenger use, and operate five coach sets with five coaches between two power cars.  Branded as Inter7City they operate services between the Scottish cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh to Inverness and Aberdeen, as well as some services between Aberdeen and Inverness.

At the time Hornby committed to production, the formations for the anticipated 5-car sets had not been confirmed, with ScotRail expecting Wabtec to deliver 4-car TGFB/TSD/TS/TSL sets, then producing the seventeen extra TSLs on a separate production line to be inserted into the service sets once completed. As vehicle numbers had not been allocated at this point and with the TS input vehicles having the potential to be output from Wabtec as TS, TSL or TSDs, there was a risk that the potential fifth vehicles for set HA25 & HA26 could have been converted into TSDs, Hornby opted to number the extra two vehicles as the TSLs from Sets HA23 and HA24 that were in works at the time.

Designation

Set HA26
Vehicle No.

Hornby Catalogue Ref.

Set HA25
Vehicle No.

Hornby Catalogue Ref.

Spare Vehicle Nos.
and Set No.

Hornby Catalogue Refs.

TSL

42046

R4890

42045

R4890A

42343 (HA24) & 42184 (HA23)

R4890B / R4890C

TS

42561

R4937

42562

R4937A

 

 

TSD

42004

R4891

42292

R4891A

 

 

TGFB

40601

R4907

40602

R4907A