Hornby Model Railways BR Late Crest “Bude” 34006 West Country Class Loco R3310

£189.95

LOCOMOTIVE NEW (part of a retailers personal collection of unused stock originally supplied direct from manufacturers)

BOX PACKAGING AS NEW (possibility of lightest storage related rubbing/handling marks to outer cover)

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A brand new 00 gauge example especially developed by “Hornby Model Railways” as part of their LATEST DCC READY series. This 4-6-2 BR West Country Class locomotive is named Bude with running number 34006. This item remains un-used and is complete with all accessories and paperwork.

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.

Incorporating a number of new developments in British steam locomotive technology, they were amongst the first British designs to use welding in the construction process, and to use steel fireboxes, which meant that components could be more easily constructed under wartime austerity and post-war economy.

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.

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