Bachmann 32-490 Class 40 063 BR Blue Centre Headcode (ScR) Loco

OO Gauge Bachmann 32-490 Class 40 063 BR Blue Centre Headcode (ScR) Loco Brand new model from our new Yorkshire model railway shop

• Bachmann Branchline OO Scale
• Era 7
• Pristine BR Blue livery
• Running No. 40063
• DCC Ready (It is NOT DCC fitted)
• Equipped with a Plux22 DCC Decoder Socket
• Length 285mm

 DETAIL VARIATIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS MODEL

• Central Headcode Panels (Scottish Region type) – Glazed displaying ‘Dominos’
• Nose-Top Handrails
• Nose-Corner Handrails
• Clayton Boiler Port on Roof with Blank Fitted
• Cantrail Grilles Arranged as appropriate to a locomotive with a Clayton Boiler
• Square Boiler Access Panel
• Fitted with Dual Brakes (Air Pipes fitted)

 BACHMANN BRANCHLINE CLASS 40 SPECIFICATIONMECHANISM:

• Five pole, twin shaft motor with two flywheels providing drive to both bogies
• Authentic 1Co-Co1 drive arrangement with six axle drive
• Electrical pickup from all twelve driving wheels
• Separate metal bearings fitted to each driven axle
• Gearing arranged for prototypical running speeds and haulage capabilities
• 16.5mm (OO gauge) wheels to NEM310 & NEM311 standards with authentic profile and detailing
• NEM coupling pockets to NEM362 standards integrated into each bogie
• Designed to operate on curves of second radius (438mm) or greater

DETAILING:

• Bogies fitted with separate steps and sandboxes
• Rotating radiator fan (un-motorised)
• Separately applied metal detail parts, including grab handles, sand pipes and etched fan grilles
• Sprung buffers
• Pre-fitted driver in one cab
• Each model is pre-fitted with a full set of decorated, model-specific buffer beam pipework and accessory parts

LIGHTING:

• Directional lighting, including headlights and high intensity headlights where applicable, switchable on/off at either end on DCC or Analogue control
• Cab lighting*, assigned to two DCC functions for separate switching of each
• Authentic light colours and temperatures selected for each model based on era and application

LIVERY APPLICATION:

• Authentic liveries applied to all models
• Multiple paint applications employed on each model using BR and corporate specification colours
• Logos, numerals and text added as appropriate using multi-stage tampo printing using authentic typefaces, logos and colours
• In addition, where applicable Etched Nameplates and Plaques are also provided

 CLASS 40 HISTORYThe British Rail Class 40 is a British Railwaysdiesel-electric locomotive, rated at 2,000 hp and classified as a Type 4. Atotal of 200 were built by English Electric between 1958 and 1962 and numberedin the series D200-D399. They were for a time the pride of the British Railearly diesel fleet. Despite their initial success, by the time the lastexamples were entering service they were already being replaced on sometop-link duties by more powerful locomotives. As they were slowly relegatedfrom express passenger uses, the type found work on secondary passenger andfreight services where they worked for many years. The final locomotives endedregular service in 1985.Class 40s operated in all areas of British Railways althoughWestern and Southern Region workings were less common. After the early trials,the majority of Class 40s were based at depots in northern England; notablyLongsight, Carlisle Kingmoor, and Wigan Springs Branch on the Midland Region,and Thornaby and Gateshead on the Eastern Region.The heyday of the Class was in the early 1960s when theyhauled top-link expresses on the West Coast Main Line and in East Anglia.However, the arrival of more powerful diesel locomotives, such as Class 47s andClass 55s, together with the electrification of the West Coast Main Line, meantthat the fleet was gradually relegated to more mundane duties. In later life,the locomotives were mainly to be found hauling heavy freight and passengertrains in the north of England and Scotland. As additional new rolling stockwas introduced, their passenger work decreased, partly due to their lack ofelectric train heating for newer passenger coaches. They lost their lastfront-line passenger duties – in Scotland – in 1980, and the last regular useon passenger trains was on the North Wales Coast Line between Holyhead, Creweand Manchester, along with regular forays across the Pennines on Liverpool toYork and Newcastle services.Throughout the early 1980s Class 40s were common performerson relief, day excursion (adex) and holidaymaker services along with deputisingfor electric traction, especially on Sundays between Manchester and Birmingham.This resulted in visits to many distant parts of the network. It would be fairto say that few routes in the London Midland and Eastern regions did not seeClass 40-worked passenger services from time to time. Regular destinationsincluded the seaside resorts of Scarborough, Skegness and Cleethorpes on theEastern region, with Blackpool and Stranraer being regularly visited on theWest Coast.