BR Class 489 Gatwick Express

BR Class 489 Gatwick Express

The Class 489s were converted in 1984 from ex Class 414 2-HAP driving motor cars, into driving luggage vans to operate on the Gatwick Express. These acted as driving van trailers on the London end of the Gatwick express and usually operated with a rake of specially converted MK2F coaches and Class 73s. The last 489s were withdrawn from service in 2005 when they were replaced by Class 460s.

Network Rail returned four Class 489s to service in 2006, for use as third rail rail de-icing and load bank units, in 2011 three Class 489s were refurbished. In 2012 Network rail scrapped it's fourth unit.

Four Class 489s have been preserved.

This model has been depicted in it's 1994 - 2005 condition.

Gatwick Express Class 489s operated as either a 5 car set as:

Class 489, MK2 FO, MK2 TSO, MK2 TSO, MK2 TSO, MK2 TSO, Class 73

Or formed as an 8 car set during the Summer Months:

Class 489, MK2 TSO, MK2 TSO, MK2 TSO, MK2 FO, MK2 TSO, MK2 TSO, MK2 TSO, MK2 TSO, Class 73

Uses Eldavos Numberit Script

This model uses certain elements of Wessex Electric Nutters MK1 Suburban coach, PCV parts and EPB textures. So credit to him for some of the mesh bits.

BR Class 489 Gatwick Express
• 489 thumb.jpg 61.61KB
• black.texture.txt 28 bytes
• black.tga 3.04KB
• class489.gs 1.33KB
class_489_alpha_numbers
alphanumber_0.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_1.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_2.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_3.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_4.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_5.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_6.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_7.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_8.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_9.tga 4.04KB
• config.txt 3.73KB
• data_panel-data_panel.texture.txt 55 bytes
• data_panel.tga 32.04KB
• digit_3.texture.txt 30 bytes
• digit_3.tga 4.04KB
• digit_4.texture.txt 30 bytes
• digit_4.tga 4.04KB
• digit_5.texture.txt 30 bytes
• digit_5.tga 4.04KB
• digit_6.texture.txt 30 bytes
• digit_6.tga 4.04KB
• headcode.texture.txt 31 bytes
• headcode.tga 24.04KB
• main.texture.txt 27 bytes
• main.tga 4.00MB
• mesh.im 1.04MB
• shadow.im 384.77KB
• underframe.texture.txt 33 bytes
• underframe.tga 1.00MB
• window1.texture.txt 30 bytes
• window1.tga 3.04KB

Any modification or reskinning requires my (klambert) permission.