Introduced by the Great Northern Railway in 1921 to a design by Sir Nigel Gresley, these powerful 2-8-0s were built to haul heavy coal and ironstone trains. Several batches were built over a 22 year period by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) and LNER, with numerous improvements such as better cabs and bigger tenders. Heljan’s models depict the O2/1, O2/2 and O2/4 variants with the previously unreleased GNR style cabs (original high style and reduced height ‘composite loading gauge’ type) and a choice of GNR and LNER group standard tenders.
FEATURES
- 21 pin DCC interface
- Factory fitted speaker in the tender
- NEM couplings
- Sprung buffers
- Exterior Details
- Tender and Locomotive Pickups
- Improved design and assembly over the previous batch
- More robust motion/valve gear
SPECIFICATIONS
- ITEM NUMBER 3901
- CLASS Gresley ’02’
- OPERATOR BR
- LIVERY Late Black
- RUNNING NUMBER 63937
- WHEEL CONFIGURATION 2-8-0
- COUPLINGS NEM
- PAINT FINISH Pristine
