Model Year Details

1998 - Schools Class V Locomotive - Radley

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Model: Schools Class V Locomotive - Radley (Overall Model page)
Running Number: 930
Category: Steam Locomotives

Locomotive Class: Schools Class V

Designer: Richard Maunsell
Class Information: Designed and built under the direction of Richard Maunsell by the Southern Railway (SR) for intermediate passenger services. The Schools Class became the last locomotives built in Britain to use a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement. The Class earned the distinction of being the largest and most powerful locomotives to ever operate in Europe using this wheel arrangement. More...
Weight: 114 tons (including tender)
Purpose: Regional Passenger
Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0

Model Information: Length - 239mm.
Models Produced: ---
Company: S.R. - Southern Railway
Logo: S.R. Crest
Logo Years: 1923 - 1947

Livery: S.R. Malachite Green

Livery Details: Malachite green with yellow lettering.
Company Information: The smallest of Britains post grouping railway companies formed in 1923. The S.R. route mileage was the best in Britain by far, due to the dense population south of London. Passengers was the main cargo which pushed the S.R. to lead the emergence of elect

Year: 1998
Catalogue Number: R.2018
Year Information: Schools Class locomotives ran on the Southern Region from the 1930s right through to the sixties. The model features a detailed cab interior, separately fitted metal pipework. Ringfield motor in the tender, with sprung drawbar.
Model Motor: Ringfield (located in the tender)
Publication: Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Forth Edition 1998
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 44th Edition

Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Forth Edition 1998

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UK Price List: £74.99
Aust Price List: ---
Can Price List: ---

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