Bachmann DCC ready Class 24/1 97201 Experiment BR RTC Blue & Red ref: 32-444

Offering a new DCC ready 00 gauge ex-shop Class 24/1 engine by Bachmann Branch-line. The regional exclusive locomotive includes, unopened accessory pack and paperwork, bench tested for avoidance of doubt.

The British Rail Class 24 diesel locomotives, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, were built from 1958 to 1961. One hundred and fifty-one of these locomotives were built at Derby Crew and Darlington, the first twenty of them as part of the British Rail 1955 Modernisation Plan.

This class was used as the basis for the development of the Class 24 locomotives. The final survivor, no. 24081, was withdrawn from Crewe depot in 1980.