OO Gauge Bachmann31-976B BR Standard 3MT Tank 82041 BR Lined Green Loco Brand new model from our new Yorkshire Model Railway shop    MODEL FEATURES:

• Bachmann Branchline OO Scale
• DCC Ready (NOT fitted)

BR Standard 3MT Tank 82041 BR Lined Green (Late Crest) History The BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2T was a class of steamlocomotive designed by Robert Riddles for British Railways. It was essentiallya hybrid design, the chassis being closely based on and sharing a number ofparts with the LMS Ivatt Class 4, and having a boiler derived from a GWR No.2boiler as fitted to the GWR Large Prairie 2-6-2T and 5600 Class 0-6-2T tankengines. From new, they were based on the Western Region, SouthernRegion, North Eastern Region and London Midland Region. The class had a shortlife as most of the work that they had been built for soon disappeared with thebranch lines and the introduction of DMU services on shorter routes.  When delivered new the class all carried BR lined MT blacklivery. From 1957 onwards, those members of the class based on the WesternRegion started to receive lined green livery. From the early 1960s, someWestern Region class members also received unlined green livery as an economymeasure. Those class members allocated to other regions retained lined blacklivery until withdrawal.