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2002 - West Country Class Locomotive - Wilton
34041
Running Number: 34041
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 - 272mm.
Models Produced: ---
Company: B.R. - British Railways
Logo: B.R. Late Crest
Logo Years: 1956 - 1967
Livery: B.R. Green
Livery Details: Brunswick green with orange and black lining with yellow lettering.
Company Information: British Railways came into existence in 1948 when the dominating four British railway companies amalgamated. Steam traction on British Railways ended in 1968 and the system was re-branded as British Rail.
Catalogue Number: R.2218
Year Information: The majority of the West Country Class locomotives including 'Wilton' were built at the Brighton Works Originally numbered 21C41, 'Wilton' first appeared on the rails in October 1946 and was renumbered 34041 and liveried in BR green at the beginning of 1949.The Hornby model is liveried as 'Wilton' in its later days, complete with a cut down tender and the later BR emblem, The model incorporates a 5 pole motor in the locomotive and an extensive degree of detail throughout.
Model Motor: Five pole skew wound.
Publication: Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Eighth Edition 2002
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 48th Edition
Logo & Box Design:
UK Price List: £94.50
Aust Price List: ---
Can Price List: ---
Model Ranking:
Current: 925 - December 2023
Previous: 455 - November 2023
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