Steve Johnson Modelmaker
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Class 196 CAF Civity The Class 196 are a batch of 12 two car (Class 196/0) and 14 four car (Class 196/1) dmu's built for West Midlands Trains by the Spanish company Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF). They are intended to replace the Class 153's and Class 170 Turbostar's. They are based on CAF's 'Civity' platform and are mechanically similar to the Class 195. However, the major difference is that the Class 196 has an end gangways. |