Revolution to offer Class 320 and 321 in 00

The models will be available in a variety of liveries and will feature directional lighting, DC Silent and DCC versions with sound and working deployable (though not conducting) pantograph.

CAD work is underway, and order books will be open soon. 

The models are likely to be priced in line with Revolution’s other 00 unit models at around £300 for the 3-car Class 320 and £350 for the 4-car Class 321, with DCC Sound costing around £100 extra.

About the prototype

The Class 321 4-car units were built at BREL York in the late 1980s and early 1990s to replace first-generation suburban units on trains operating from London Euston to the Midlands, London Liverpool St to East Anglia and around Leeds.

The success of the Class 321s – nicknamed ‘Dusty Bins’ after a character from the then popular TV quiz show 3-2-1 – led to a 3-car version, designated Class 320, being built in 1990 for suburban services around Glasgow.

Introduced on the North Clyde line, they have also been used on the Argyll line, Cathcart Circle and between Glasgow and Lanark.