Hornby BR Class 40 '40164' with TTS Sound

The BR Class 40 was introduced in 1958 as a mixed traffic engine, and at the time was viewed as the pride of the British Rail early diesel fleet, with 200 locomotives built by English Electric by 1962. Originally introduced to haul express services on the Great Eastern and Great Northern routes, the locomotives were quickly replaced by more powerful engines and were subsequently used on the London Midland Region and West Coast Mainline, eventually being deployed to most areas of British Railways. By the early 1980s, Class 40s were commonly used as relief locomotives or for excursion and holiday routes, before their withdrawal in 1985. Our Hornby engineers have developed a unique sound decoder that not only provides superior DCC control but also dedicated sounds associated with the locomotives that have been installed with this new sound decoder – TTS Twin Track Sound. Headlight/Rear-Light Engine Start/Stop Horn High-Low Horn Low-High Brake Squeal NOTCH Up NOTCH Down Return to IDLE Thrash Cold Start Override Compressor Door Slam Fan Horn Long High Horn Long Low Primer Slow Flange Squeal Spirax Valve Horn Short Low Horn Short High Wagons Buffering Wagons Clanging Coupling Guards Whistle Locomotive Buffering Gauge 00 DCC Type DCC Fitted Livery BR Blue Designer British Railways Entered Service 1961 Age Suitability 3+ Purpose Passenger/Freight Wheel Configuration 1Co-Co1 Detailed Scale model. Not suitable for children under 14 years.