The project
THE STORY of heritage Hastings DEMU No. (20)1001 is a remarkable one, resulting in an interesting train to model with its mix of short-frame and long-frame vehicles alongside the two former EMU trailers.
It has wide appeal and could be introduced to a post-1996 layout in several formats: as a three-car set being moved between heritage railway sites with a locomotive or latterly as a substitution for Class 205s and 207s on the Marsh Link line, or as a four-, five- and subsequently six-car train with main line certification on a tour of some description. Modellers will have to decide on whether the pre- or post-CDL era is to be modelled and if additional trailers are added to the collection for interest. At the time of writing, HDL was undertaking various restorations including 6L DMBS No. S60119.
No. 1001 compliance with main line requirements made it attractive to train operating companies and for modellers to add to a layout, even if it is not based on the former Southern Region. No. 1001 was hired to Anglia for service between Norwich, Yarmouth and Lowestoft and Connex to cover the Hastings-Ashford Marsh Link line at various times between 2000 and 2004 as a three-, five- and even a six-car set on one occasion when there was little time to reform the train after a tour when called up for service. For those modellers with limited space, a four-car model could be built to replicate the DEMU Phoenix tour or hire-ins by a train operating company.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 2020 من Rail Express.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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