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Prototype Era
Era 7 (1972 to 1982) British Rail Blue (TOPS)
Manufacturer description
55003 – ‘Meld’
- BR blue
- Headcode: alpha-numeric
- Windscreen wipers: two per pane
- Train heating: ETH
- Leading cab side window: present
- Horn position: top of nose
- Nose front sandbox hatches: present
- Battery compartment louvres: present
- High intensity headlight: not fitted
- Windshield air vents: not fitted
- Upper central lamp iron: present
- Bogies: cast
Common Features:
- Highly detailed OO scale model, 1:76.2
- Die-cast Alloy metal chassis
- Provided DCC ready [21Pin MTX Socket] or Factory DCC Sound Fitted
- Timeframe specific details, including but not limited to;
- Bogies (Cast and Fabricated)
- Horn positions
- Exhaust ports
- Headcode panels
- Windscreen wipers
- Cab side windows
- Sandbox hatches
- Louvres
- Headlights
- Cab air vents
- Train heating equipment
- Lamp irons
- Shed codes
- Separately applied etched metal and high fidelity plastic detail parts, including grab handles, steps, wipers, nameplates, crests and more.
- Correct height mini-tension-lock couplers with NEM socket as well as a fully detailed bufferbeam
- High Performance traction, to include;
- Five-Pole motor with two flywheels
- Metal Helical Gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running
- Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 120 mph (193 km/h)
- DCC ready with PowerPack capacitor for uninterrupted power
- All wheel drive and all wheel pickup
- Fully detailed Lighting Pack, including:
- Directional lighting, DC and DCC
- Marker lights can be turned off when train is coupled to loco
- High intensity headlight function where applicable
- Separately switched cab lighting and illuminated, details driver’s console, auto off on movement
- Engine bay lighting
- RP25-110 wheels OO wheels with provision for re-gauging to p4 and EM gauge
- Two quality speakers with large sound capsules for best possible sound (*on sound fitted models)
- Fully sprung metal buffers
- Extra fine factory-fitted pipework
Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd Radius Set-track)
Catalogue listing
Brand
Accurascale
Product Code
ACC2153D9003
GTIN
0794712452720
RRP
£192.00
Model details
Power pickup
All wheels
Tooling date
2022
Coupling
NEM + Tension Lock
Motor
5 pole & twin flywheel
DCC status
DCC Ready 21 pin socket
Livery
Blue
Finish
Pristine
Based on preserved
No
Passenger figures
No
Minimum radius curve
2nd Radius (438mm)
Chassis construction
Heavy diecast
Coupling mount
NEM pockets
Coupling type
Tension lock
Minimum radius
Radius 2
Scale
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)
Features
Interior lighting
Pickup in tender
Directional lighting
Pickup in tender
Directional lighting
Prototype information
Top speed
100mph
Builder
English Electric - Vulcan Foundry
Build date
1961 - 1962
In service until
1982
Locomotive type
Diesel-Electric
Main duties
Express Passenger
Operated by
British Rail
Total built
22
Tractive effort
50,000 lbf
Wheel configuration
Co-Co
Locomotive class*
Class 55 (Deltic)
Motive power
Diesel
Wheel arrangement
Co-Co
Built by
English Electric - Vulcan Foundry
* Class names often change over the lifespan of a locomotive, so this is not necessarily the class name used by the operator in the period modelled.
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