Class 370 APT Profile and Models

British Rail's Class 370 tilting trains, also referred to as APT-P (meaning Advanced Passenger Train Prototype), were the pre-production Advanced Passenger Train units. Unlike the earlier experimental gas-turbine APT-E unit, these units were powered by 25 kV AC overhead electrification and were used on the West Coast Main Line between London Euston and Glasgow Central. The APT-P is the most powerful domestic train to have operated in Britain, the eight traction motors fitted to the two central Motor Cars giving a total output of 8,000 horsepower (6,000 kW). This enabled the train to set the UK rail speed record of 162.2 miles per hour (261.0 km/h) in December 1979, a record that stood for 23 years until broken by a Eurostar Class 373 on the newly-completed High Speed 1.

(Information provided by Wikipedia)

Type of Unit

Builder

Launch Date

Total Built

Top Speed

Design Speed: 155 mph
Max Recorded Speed: 162.2mph

Wheel Configuration  

2'2'2'2'2'2'2'+Bo'Bo'+Bo'Bo'+2'2'2'2'2'2'2'
Notes: 'red' bogies are shared and attached between intermediate vehicles.

14 Car Set Formation  

A 14 car set is formed of two (usually consecutively numbered sets of 7 vehicles).
DTS - TS - TRBS - TU - TF - TBF - NDM + NDM - TBF - TF - TU - TRBS - TS - DTS

Operated By

Main Duties

In Service Until

Surviving Examples