Model Year Details
1997 - West Country Class Locomotive - Bideford
21C119
Model: West Country Class Locomotive - Bideford (Overall Model page)
Running Number: 21C119
Category: Steam Locomotives
Locomotive Class: Battle Of Britain / West Country Class
Designer: Oliver Bulleid
Class Information: Battle of Britain Class locomotives, along with sister West Country’s were introduced in 1945 and produced through 1954. A total of 110 air-smooth cased Light Pacific’s; affectionately known or rather unkindly nick-named “Spam Cans” were built by the Southern Railway and later British Railways using many features inherited from the larger and heavier Merchant Navy Class. More...
Weight: 137 tons
Purpose: Mixed Traffic
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-2
Wheel Arrangement Name: Pacific
Model Information: Length - 10 3/4 inches - 27.4cm.
Models Produced: * 2,800
* Information from Triang & Hornby, The Story of Rovex, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - Pat Hammond
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
Running Number: 21C119
Category: Steam Locomotives
Locomotive Class: Battle Of Britain / West Country Class
Designer: Oliver Bulleid
Class Information: Battle of Britain Class locomotives, along with sister West Country’s were introduced in 1945 and produced through 1954. A total of 110 air-smooth cased Light Pacific’s; affectionately known or rather unkindly nick-named “Spam Cans” were built by the Southern Railway and later British Railways using many features inherited from the larger and heavier Merchant Navy Class. More...
Weight: 137 tons
Purpose: Mixed Traffic
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-2
Wheel Arrangement Name: Pacific
Model Information: Length - 10 3/4 inches - 27.4cm.
Models Produced: * 2,800
* Information from Triang & Hornby, The Story of Rovex, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - Pat Hammond
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: 1997
Catalogue Number: R.265
Year Information: Bideford was one West Country that escaped the general rebuilding of the class in the fifties and through to the early sixties. This locomotive which entered service in December 1945 continued fully streamlined until withdrawal in 1967. The model presented in S.R.s malachite green livery of the 1945-48 period and is powered by a Type 7 motor.
Model Motor: Type 7
Publication: Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Third Edition 1997 - The legend is alive
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 43rd Edition
Logo & Box Design:
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Model Ranking:
Current: 1204 - December 2023
Previous: 1702 - November 2023
Movement:
(+498)
Catalogue Number: R.265
Year Information: Bideford was one West Country that escaped the general rebuilding of the class in the fifties and through to the early sixties. This locomotive which entered service in December 1945 continued fully streamlined until withdrawal in 1967. The model presented in S.R.s malachite green livery of the 1945-48 period and is powered by a Type 7 motor.
Model Motor: Type 7
Publication: Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Third Edition 1997 - The legend is alive
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 43rd Edition
Logo & Box Design:
UK Price List: ---
Aust Price List: ---
Can Price List: ---
Model Ranking:
Current: 1204 - December 2023
Previous: 1702 - November 2023
Movement:
(+498)
Model Year Details (2)
| YEAR | CAT | IMAGE |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | R.265 |
West Country Class Locomotive - Bideford |
| 1997 | R.265 |
West Country Class Locomotive - Bideford |
Related Service Sheets (1)
| NO | SERVICE SHEET NAME | ISSUE DATE |
|---|---|---|
| 177 | 4-6-2 Locomotive - West Country - Battle Of Britain Class | October 1995 |
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