Model Year Details

2001 - Class B17/4 Locomotive - Norwich City

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Class B17/4 Locomotive - Norwich City

Model: Class B17/4 Locomotive - Norwich City (Overall Model page)
Running Number: 2859
Category: Steam Locomotives
Steam Locomotives
Locomotive Class: Class B17
Class B17
Designer: Sir Nigel Gresley
Class Information: Class introduced 1928. Last B17 retired in 1960.
Weight: 129 tons
Purpose: Passenger
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Wheel Arrangement Name: Ten Wheeler
4-6-0
Model Information: Length - 256mm.
Models Produced: ---
Company: L.N.E.R. - London & North Eastern Railway
Logo: L.N.E.R. Crest
Logo Years: 1923 - 1947
London & North Eastern Railway
Livery: L.N.E.R. Apple Green
L.N.E.R. Apple Green
Livery Details: Apple green with black and white lining and gold lettering.
Company Information: The second biggest of Britains post grouping railway companies formed in 1923. Some very famous locomotives were designed and operated by the L.N.E.R. including the Flying Scotsman and the Mallard.
Year: 2001
Catalogue Number: R.2185
Year Information: The Gresley designed B17 sub class 4 locomotives were named after famous football clubs and showed a representation of a football on the nameplate. Model has correctly spaced driving wheels and appropriate brake gear, blackened valve gear, fine scale wheels and handrails. Superbly turned out in the distinctive lined livery of the LNER, it is powered by a ringfield motor housed in the tender with extra pick-ups fitted to the locomotive for smooth operation at slow speeds.
Model Motor: Ringfield (located in the tender)
Publication: Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Seventh Edition 2001
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 47th Edition
Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Seventh Edition 2001
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Model Ranking:
Current: 554 - December 2023
Previous: 369 - November 2023
Movement: (-185)

Model Year Details (5)

YEAR CAT IMAGE
2000 R.2185 2000
Class B17/4 Locomotive - Norwich City
2001 R.2185 2001
Class B17/4 Locomotive - Norwich City
2002 R.2185 2002
Class B17/4 Locomotive - Norwich City
2003 R.2185 2003
Class B17/4 Locomotive - Norwich City
2004 R.2185 2004
Class B17/4 Locomotive - Norwich City

Related Service Sheets (2)

NO SERVICE SHEET NAME ISSUE DATE
207 B17/4 Footballer Class Locomotive March 1998
207B B17/4 Footballer Class Locomotive February 2001

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