Consist of the prototype HST
The original test train included 3 first class coaches, three second class coaches, a buffet and a kitchen car.
| Original number | Later re-numbered | Classification | Comments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| E11000 | W41000 | Trailer First (TF) | Seats: 48 later re-built as Departmental stock RDB975814 now part of the New Measurement Train | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| E11001 | 2903 | First Open (FO) | Built as First Open, later re-built as Royal Train stock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| E11002 | W41001 | Trailer First (TF) | Now numbered FO 41170 and owned by Angel Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M11003 | W41002 | Trailer First (TF) | Re-built as production FO 41174 then re-built as TSO 42357 and owned by Angel Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| E12000 | W42000 | Trailer Second (TS) | Seats: 72 - Re-built as production FO 41172 then re-built as TSO 42355 and owned by Angel Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| E12001 | 2904 | Trailer Second Open (TSO) | Built as TSO, later
re-built as Royal Train stock| E12002 |
W42001 |
Trailer Second (TS) |
Re-built as
production FO 41171 then re-built as TSO 42353 and owned by Angel Trains | M12003 |
W42002 |
Trailer Second (TS) |
Re-built as
production FO 41173 then re-built as TSO 42356 and owned by Angel Trains | E10000 |
W40000 |
Restaurant Second
Buffet |
Seats: 35 - later
Trailer Restaurant Second Buffet (TRSB) then RDB 975984 and now part of the
New Measurement Train | E10100 |
W40500 |
Restaurant
Unclassified Kitchen |
| Seats: 24 - later Trailer Restaurant Unclassified Kitchen (TRUK) then RDB 977089 later scrapped and cut up at Rotherham Feb 93 41001 |
W43000 |
Driving Motor Brake |
Later taken into
departmental stock and re-numbered ADB975812 - now preserved as part of the
National Collection | 41002 |
W43001 |
Driving Motor Brake |
Later taken into
departmental stock and re-numbered ADB975813 - scrapped at Booths, Rotherham
in 1990 | |
All vehicles were 22.15m long, 2. 74m wide and 3. 78m high
The first and second class opens weighed 33½ tons - the buffet car 36½ tons and the kitchen car 37 tons.
Note:
Two prototype Mark 3 coaches, used in HST trials, but only in the service train for a short period that ran on the WR, were First Class Open No E11001, and Second Class Open No E12001. These were withdrawn from stock and substantially rebuilt at Wolverton works, to become part of the new Royal Train. No E11001 is now No 2903; the Queen's Saloon. No E12001 is now No 2904; the Duke's Saloon.
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