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Carrera 62522 Go!!! Victory Lane Slot Car Set – Metro Hobbies

The original full specification configuration for the APT-P was to comprise fourteen cars with the two power (Non-Driving Motor) cars marshalled at the outer ends of the sets. However, it soon became clear that the use of two pantographs, one on each power car, was unsuitable for the overhead power (OHP) wires in place on the West Coast Mainline at that time. Using two power cars in the middle of the train became the only operational option for British Rail, effectively cutting the train in half and this created two 16 formations within the APT, consisting of a DTS, TS, TRBS, TU, TF, TBF and NDM (Non-Driving Motor), through which passengers could not pass due to the high magnetic fields generated by the electrical equipment contained in the NDM. Theoretically, by siting the NDMs centrally, the preceding vehicles would clean