The first diesel railcar was introduced by the GWR in 1933. The innovation was to prove extremely successful and they continued in operation well into the 1960s when their use was eclipsed by the introduction of the BR first generation DMUs. The railcars art deco air smoothed styling has lead to their nickname of Flying Banana although later variants were produced to a more angular style. In all 38 GWR diesel railcars were produced from 1933 to 1942 at three different sites with three surviving into preservation.

The Dapol Streamlined Diesel Railcar O Gauge model has the following features:

Electrical

Operating Directional lighting
Operating passenger compartment lighting which includes working wall lights
Cab light
Two running light configurations
On appropriate models the lamp bracket can be exchanged for a working tail lamp for prototypical running
DC control switches for DC control of lighting
Easy DCC fitting via removable plate.
DCC Ready (21 pin) with DCC & DCC Sound fitted options available
Factory sound fitted models to be fitted with RealDrive

Chassis & Body

Detailed cab interior
Separate detail (Handrails, Handles and horns where appropriate)
Removable gearbox covers (supplied in accessory pack)
Correct flooring height with prototypical two level seating
Decorated seating
Flush glazing with a single window posed in the slid open position for passenger ventilation
Sliding luggage doors
Vestigial buffers
Heavyweight Diecast chassis
Single, low profile, powerful 5 pole skew wound motor driving a single bogie
All wheel pick up
Engineered for passenger inclusion
O gauge society wheel profiles
Suitable for Radius 2 curves
Expertly applied liveries

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