Offering a perfect 00 gauge engine especially commissioned by the “National Railway Museum York” This locomotive in BR Green livery is named Winston Churchill with running number 34051. A highly detailed sort after version.
The SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes, collectively known as Light Pacific’s or informally as Spam Cans, are air-smoothed 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by its Chief Mechanical Engineer Oliver Bulleid.
They were designed to be lighter in weight than their sister locomotives, the Merchant Navy class, to permit use on a wider variety of routes, including in the south-west of England and the Kent coast.
They were a mixed-traffic design, being equally adept at hauling passenger and freight trains, and were used on all types of services, frequently far below their capabilities. A total of 110 locomotives were constructed between 1945 and 1950, named after West Country resorts and Royal Air Force (RAF) and other subjects associated with the Battle of Britain.
Allan Sullivan –
Superb all round!
Just a note to say thank you very much for the excellent service which you have provided. The loco arrived yesterday (26/10/2021) and is now gracing my layout!