Hornby R30182 BR Class 47 D1683 BR Two Tone Green RailRoad Plus Loco

Tech SpecsItem Scale 1:76 Scale 00 GaugeFinish PaintedGauge OODCC Status DCC Ready (NOT DCC Fitted)Operator BRLivery BR GreenMinimum Curve (mm) Radius 2 Product InfoBuilt between 1962 and 1968, the Class 47 Co-CoDiesel-Electric locomotive was once the most numerous class of mainline dieselin Britain with 512 examples. 310 locomotives were constructed by BrushTraction in Loughborough, and the remaining 202 at Crewe. The locomotives wereused for passenger and freight operations beginning in 1962 in the BR Greenlivery, before being repainted into the BR Blue colour scheme before furtherdiversification saw them painted in all manner of liveries.Strong performers, these locomotives were among some of thelargest to be employed by British rail. The first five withdrawals were all dueto accident damage with the first planned decommissioning taking place inFebruary 1986. As withdrawals began, ostensibly due to a lack of parts thewithdrawn engines in turn solved this issue, and therefore the Class 47disappeared slowly once withdrawals began.In 2023, 30 of the class remain operational on the nationalnetwork with West Coast Railways being the largest operator, 17 are stored, 33have been converted to the Class 57 and an additional 32 have been preserved.D1683 would be introduced in 1963 serving ably untilreceiving its TOPS number and BR blue colour scheme in 1973, becoming 47485.Wearing a variant of BR blue for much of its service life including the largelogo, the locomotive would be scrapped in 2000 by MJR Phillips at Crewe.This Railroad model fitted with a 3 pole motor and simplegearing, proving to be a reliable runner on any layout. The 8 pin DCC socketallows the model to be used on a digital layout where required and its railroadspecification makes it ideal as a starter model