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2002 - Class 8F Locomotive

8510

Model: Class 8F Locomotive (Overall Model page)
Running Number: 8510
Category: Steam Locomotives

Locomotive Class: Class 8F

Designer: Sir William Stanier
Class Information: Introduced in 1935. Survived until the last year of BR steam in 1968.
Weight: 125 tons
Purpose: Freight
Wheel Arrangement: 2-8-0
Wheel Arrangement Name: Consolidation

Model Information: Length - 252mm.
Models Produced: ---
Company: L.M.S. - London Midland & Scottish Railway
Logo: L.M.S. Crest
Logo Years: 1923 - 1947

Livery: L.M.S. Black

Livery Details: Black with yellow lettering and red lining.
Company Information: The biggest of Britains big four post grouping railway companies formed in 1923. Made up from 34 company lines including the Caledonian, Midland and Somerset & Dorset Joint Railways. Express trains from London to Glasgow were a feature of this company.

Year: 2002
Catalogue Number: R.2228
Year Information: Designed by Stanier in 1935, the heavy duty Class 8F's were so successful that, on the orders of the Wartime Railway Executive Committee, many were built by the other three rival railway companies. Of the 852 built nearly 200 were shipped overseas during and after the Second World War. The Hornby model, which has now been Super Detailed, benefits from metal handrails throughout, with power pickups on all tender and locomotive drive wheels. With power provided by a 5 pole motor housed in the locomotive body.
Model Motor: Five pole skew wound.
Publication: Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Eighth Edition 2002
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 48th Edition

Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Eighth Edition 2002

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UK Price List: £81.50
Aust Price List: ---
Can Price List: ---

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