Rapido Trains 13501 APT-E in BR Reversed Blue/Grey Livery – DCC Sound-fitted (Exclusive to Locomotion Models) Train Pack
Been in Storage. Limited Edition No. 1092 of 2000
The APT-E (Advanced Passenger Train Experimental), was a prototype high-speed tilting multiple unit designed by British Rail. The unit was powered by gas turbines, the only design to do so used by British Rail. The APT-E consisted of two driving power cars (PC1 and 2) and two trailer cars (TC1 and 2). Each power car was equipped with four Rover-built Leyland 2S/350 gas turbines (and a fifth for auxiliary power supplies). The prototype was eventually tried out on the Great Western Main Line, and achieved a new British railway speed record, when, on 10 August 1975 it hit 152.3 mph. The unit was only intended for testing and was never used in ordinary public service, although it did carry office staff and the occasional dignitary on trial runs. It is now based at the NRM’s Locomotion museum in Shildon.
