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GWR-BR 74XX CLASS LOCOMOTIVE. NO: 7415.This model is from a commercial kit with modifications and added detail to represent the locomotive as it would have been shortly after railway nationalisation.The Model. Built to ?O? gauge standards and using Slaters correct pattern wheels. The driving wheels are all sprung and each have electrical contacts. It is powered by a large Mashima 12 volts .dc. motor, with good slow speed running. There is ample space in the boiler/water tank area for the addition of a digital control decoder if required at a later date. The fully loaded locomotive weight is approx. 1.50 Kg. Added Details. To enhance the basic kit, further details were added and based on the photos of preserved locomotives and GWR practices as found on locomotives currently at GWS Didcot. It also has brake shoes of plastic in close proximity of the wheels to enhance the overall realism, also included, are correct BR pattern buffers fully sprung, and sprung couplings with rest hooks front and rear. Steam and vacuum pipes on stop ends. A characteristic of the 74XX locos is the top feed pipes to the boiler and the square joint of the bunker with the back of cab. The bunker is filled with GWS coal fragments for realism and the usual fire irons on the rear of the bunker. The inside of the cab is replicated in model form as near as practical. The smoke box also carries the shed plate, this is 82C for Swindon. The finishing paint shows the light weathering effect as would be in years of service for the locomotive. The locomotive 7415 This locomotive was built by the GWR Swindon and entered service 31 December 1936. When nationalised in 1948 it was at Swindon shed where it was withdrawn and scrapped 28 February 1963.
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Category: Collectables:Model Railways and Trains:O Gauge:Locomotives
Location: Cambridgeshire