R4970 InterCity APT-U Ex-TS Development Vehicle BR Sc48204/977527 Brand_Rapido-Trains-Inc Beautiful quality milled brass 3

Beautiful quality milled brass 3 point track gauges

Red & Cream Livery

Tufts and Scatter Material

simple-to-use ONE step locomotive set-up and advanced brown-out protection

To defend the border-line an armoured unit was established

R4970 InterCity APT-U Ex-TS Development Vehicle BR Sc48204/977527 Brand_Rapido-Trains-Inc Beautiful quality milled brass 3In mid 1984, TS Sc48204 was withdrawn from Set 370 004 and was sent to the Engineering Development Unit (EDU) at Derby RTC for conversion to an APT U test vehicle, with extensive rebuilding of the underframe being undertaken in order to incorporate tilting double bogies based on the BT12 units. Following the completion of the vehicle some static testing was undertaken at Derby, as well as dynamic testing on the West Coast Mainline in an APT formation,