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Late condition HST power cars

HIGH Speed Trains (HST) are much in the news these days, with the withdrawal of the trains from front line duties on the East Coast main line and Great Western. The Midland power car allocation is in a state of flux whilst the mini-HST revolution has captured the imaginations of many modellers.

Hornby saw an opportunity to capitalise on the twilight years of the HST by releasing further power car twin packs for not only the Cross Country and Great Western mini-HSTs but for two of the celebrity Network Rail power cars and the GWR pair

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