Hornby R3383TTS 'Earl Of St Germans' BR Castle Class Locomotive

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Hornby R3383TTS ‘Earl Of St Germans’ BR Castle Class Locomotive No 5050 (With TTS Sound)

DescriptionIn 1921, the increase in holiday traffic from London to Devon and Cornwall was demanding heavier trains and the GWR management required a more powerful locomotive to haul them. The solution was to take the basic 4-6-0 layout of the existing Star Class and add a newly designed No.8 boiler, which was both larger and lighter. The result was the GWR Class 4073, or Castle Class, which could both supplement the Stars and replace them on the heaviest expresses, including the Bristolian and the Cheltenham Flyer.Between August 1923 and August 1950, 155 Castle Class locomotives were built new at Swindon Works, in ten lots for the GWR and two lots for British Railways Western Region, with a further sixteen converted from other classes. The fitting of double chimneys to selected engines, combined with larger superheaters, further enhanced their capacity for sustained high-speed performance, but by December 1965, the last of the class were withdrawn from traffic.Locomotive No. 5050 Earl of St. Germans was built at Swindon in May 1936, originally being named Devizes Castle, and entered traffic at Worcester. Operating right across the GWRs territory, from Laira to Shrewsbury, Earl of St. Germans was withdrawn from traffic on September 9, 1963, from St. Philip Marsh.Function listF0 Headlight/rearlightF1 Steam/exhaust/coastingF2 Whistle long passingF3 Whistle short 1F4 Whistle short 2F5 Whistle 2 burstsF6 Wheel slipF7 Coal shovellingF8 Blow downF9 Safety valveF10 InjectorF11 Cyclinder cockF12 BrakeF13 BlowerF14 Guard’s whistleF15 Coupler clankF16 Fireman’s breakfastF17 Chuffing/coastingF18 Aux lighting

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