Hornby: Bo-Bo Class 67 ‘Cairn Gorm’ ‘67004’ Caledonian Sleeper with TTS Sound
A total of thirty Class 67 locomotives were built between 1999 and 2000 by Alstom, in Spain, for English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS). These Bo-Bo configured diesel electric locomotives have a large fuel capacity, electro-pneumatic brakes and a top speed of 125mph (200km/h).
The bodyshell is a monocoque load bearing Alstom design, whilst the bogies, also designed by Alstom, are of an “H” frame design, The engine, traction motors and control electronics are the same as those used in the Class 66, but differ in that the traction motors are frame mounted, rather than axle hung, to reduce unsprung mass. The gear ratios have also been increased, allowing higher speeds and the cab is designed around a central driving position. The Class 67 locomotives are able to supply electric head-end power for passenger train heating and air-conditioning and are equipped for buffer and screw coupling, as well as also coupling via a buckeye coupler, attached on a swing arm mount.
Specifics:
- Gauge: 00
- DCC Type: DCC Fitted
- Livery: Caledonian Sleeper
- Class: 67
- Entered Service: 2000
- Period: 2000s
- Detail: Digital TTS Sound
- Purpose: Passenger
- Wheel Configuration: Bo-Bo
Hornby is a household name and is famous as the UK brand leader in the model railway hobby. The company’s founder was Frank Hornby (1863 – 1936) who applied for a patent in 1901 to protect an invention he called ‘Improvements in Toy or Educational Devices for Children and Young People’. Nobody then could have imagined how this product would influence the model railway hobby that we know today.