WITH quite a number of models from the 2022 announcement remaining in the Hornby pipeline, including new tooling for the Class 755 Stadler bi-mode multiple units, the programme of new models for diesel and electric modellers appears to be much reduced. Despite this, the on-going projects will ensure a busy year for Hornby with several Class 800-series train packs in Trans-Pennine and Lumo liveries to emerge alongside the revised Class 423 4-Vep and the aforementioned Class 755s. Naturally, the ambitious TT:120 range, announced last autumn, remains to be released too.
New development has focussed on a new, advanced Bluetooth digital system with sound and non-sound decoders with up-to-date interfaces, some of which have the new