Hornby OO R3087 BR(S) Push Pull Train Pack 30029 M7 Class 0-4-4T with 2-Car Maunsell Push Pull Train
An excellent branch line train pack featuring a detailed model of class M7 0-4-4 tank engine 30029 painted in BR lined black livery with a matching 2-car set of Hornbys' excellent Maunsell coach models, complete with the control cab version of the brake coach.
These 2-car sets were converted under British Railways ownership. As the 1920s-built Maunsell coaches were replaced by new BR Mk.1 stock on mainline services these coaches were modified to replace even older coaches running on branch lines.
Push-Pull trains operated in a similar way to their replacements, the diesel railcar. The locomotive was placed at one end of a set of coaches, with a control cabin built into the end of the last coach. In one direction the train was driven normally from the locomotive, but the locomotive could also be controlled from the cab of the end coach when running with the locomotive at the rear, pushing the train.