The vehicles featured in this pack belong to the three final lots built to Diagram 1/146. Lot 3158 from Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon, Lot 3159 from Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon and Lot 3160 from Hurst Nelson Ltd. of Motherwell. Nearly all were built in 1958, with construction of the last vehicles of Lot 3158 running into January 1959. When built, the hoppers all had the full compliment of vacuum brake equipment installed and were fitted with roller bearing axle-boxes.
Coded as HOP21 VB when new, these vehicles were painted in the standard Bauxite scheme for fitted stock. A new style lettering appeared in 1964, with the vehicle code, load weight, tare weight and vehicle number all grouped together in a box displayed on the left hand end of the body. A decade later, TOPS coded these vehicles as HTV.
The dia. 1/146 21t HTV Coal Hopper Wagon Pack for Train Simulator includes
- Two variations of freight brown livery
- Clean and weathered versions
- Loaded and empty variants with suitable physics
- Four different type of data panel/lettering - randomly assigned but can be overridden
- Loaded versions have five different load profiles randomly assigned
- Animated handbrake lever
- Dynamic builders plates
- Intelligent taillamps
