A brand new 00 gauge example especially developed by Hornby Railways as part of their latest DCC Sound Enhanced livery series. This example is the Class 47 Diesel Herbert Austin 47 200.
The Class 47 Brush Sulzer BR Locomotives were designed for BR mainline passenger trains on Eastern, Midland, Southern and Western Regions of British Railways. Class 47 also work freight trains. Class 47 locomotives were built from 1962 to 1968 by Brush Traction at Loughborough or at BR Crewe Works. Class 47 locomotives have a maximum tractive effort of 267 kN/60000 lbf and maximum design speed of 95 mph.
A total of 512 Class 47s were built at between Crew Works, Brush’s Falcon Works and Loughborough, which made them the most numerous class of British mainline diesel locomotive.
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