Bachmann “TORNADO 60163” A1 4-6-2 Pacific Class BR Blue Locomotive 32-550C

£159.95

LOCOMOTIVE AS NEW – BOX PACKAGING EXCELLENT / NEAR MINT (lightest outer-box storage surface rubbing)

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A faultless (BENCH TESTED), well maintained and complete with full accessories pack and paperwork A1. This 00 gauge was especially developed by “Bachmann Branchline Railways” as part of their DCC READY series. This locomotive comes in British Rail Blue livery with early emblem named Tornado with running number 60163.

The 60163 Tornado is a mainline steam locomotive built in Darlington, England. Completed in 2008, Tornado was the first such locomotive built in the United Kingdom since Evening Star, the last steam locomotive built by British Railways in 1960. It is the only example of an LNER Peppercorn Class A1 locomotive in existence, the entirety of the original production having been scrapped without preservation.

The locomotive’s namesake is the Panavia Tornado, a combat aircraft flown by the Royal Air Force. Construction of Tornado began in 1994 and was based at Darlington Works for most of the project. Numerous components such as the boiler were manufactured elsewhere. The project was financed through fundraising initiatives such as public donations and sponsorship deals.

Further funding came from hiring out Tornado itself for special rail services. Construction was completed in 2008, and full certification of the locomotive was achieved in January 2009 having been designed with compliance to modern safety and certification standards.

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