Revolution Trains RT-OO-CAR4-425A Quad set Cartic-4 car carrier - Silcock Express (Side Screens) (Set A)

The iconic 4-car articulated Cartic-4 car carriers were built between 1966 and 1972 and lasted until the mid-2000s. The Cartic-4 car carriers were developed jointly by BR and Ford and, at the time, adopted a radical design for freight stock, comprising a permanently coupled four-part vehicle in which the inner cars were linked via shared bogies on articulated joints. The majority were built for private vehicle transporters, MAT, Silcock & Collings and Tolemans; however, some were also built by BR and used to launch its Motorail brand in 1966. This offered motorists the opportunity to take their car on holiday with them, with an extensive network of services between cities, including London, Birmingham, and Sheffield, and in Scotland, the South West, and North Wales. Once Motorail stopped, the Cartic-4s were used to transport cars around the country, both in block flows from factories to delivery points and in Speedlink flows to dealers.

All of our models feature:

• Quad pack of Cartic-4 wagons (each individually numbered and with prototypical livery variations) in BR blue livery in as-built condition (ie no side mesh/screens or roof) - suitable for Era 6/7
  
• NEM kinematic close couplers
• Choice of set numbers – set A or B (each quad set will feature different numbers)
• Each quad set measures 840mm over buffers