Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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A look at the Hornby Class 87 87009 'City of Birmingham' (R30031). A relatively new tooling and a fairly new model having only been released in 2023. Initially it was priced at £240, but after only a year that's been heavily discounted to under £130. Is there something wrong with it?

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00:00 Introduction
02:05 History
03:52 Review - Outside
07:35 Review - Inside
09:34 Summary
11:26 Class 87 in Action!