OO Gauge
Hornby
R30195 RailRoad Plus Network Rail Class 960 Iris 2 - 2 Car DMU
Brand new item direct from our Yorkshire Model Railway shop.
Tech Specs
Item Scale 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
Colour Yellow
Gauge OO
DCC Status DCC Ready 8 pin socket (It is NOT DCC
fitted)
Operator Network Rail
Designer Metro-Cammell
Livery Network Rail Yellow
Minimum Curve (mm) Radius 2
Coupling Type Fixed Tension Lock
Product Info
Constructed in Birmingham, the Class 101 DMU was one of the
longest lasting DMUs to ever see service in the UK. 527 of the class would be
built across many orders from BR between 1956 and 1960. The first units would
enter BR service in 1956 in the BR green livery.
Class 101 units at the height of their use could be seen in
all corners of the UK, at the onset of privatisation in the 1990s the units
would appear in all manner of colourful liveries such as the Network South East
colours and First North Western. Throughout their life, Class 101 units would
occasionally appear as a three car sets where demand dictated.
Beginning life as the BR Class 101 unit 50338 On its entry
into departmental service the unit would be reclassified as a class 960 and
renumbered 901002, it would also gain the name Iris 2 which would be displayed
in place of a destination on its destination boards.
Iris 2 functioned as a lab for Network Rail undertaking
tests around the UK. As Iris 2, the DMU appeared in a Serco Railtrack livery,
Network Rail livery and a unique grey Lab 19 livery. Iris 2 is currently
preserved on the Barry Tourist Railway in a BR Green livery.