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Accurascale ACC2444-DCC

7027 - LNER J68 - DCC Sound Fitted

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Prototype Era
Era 3 (1923 to 1947) The Big Four (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR)

Manufacturer description

The second batch of Hill’s ‘improved’ 0-6-0T locomotives, GER Nos.21-30 to Order G75, differed from the initial C72 order by being designated for shunting duties and differed in build accordingly. Sixteen spoke, unbalanced cast iron wheels were fitted, along with lever reverse and the side tanks were straight topped, lacking the raised chambers of the passenger tanks. Steam brakes were fitted from new, along with a wide-rimmed, parallel sided chimney, but the high arched, wooden cab roof was retained; a feature removed from the final I89 order which were fitted with elliptical wooden cab roofs.
Built at Stratford,as GER No.27, in December 1913, the locomotive was allocated to Cambridge Shed from new and by Grouping was present at Peterborough East on shunting duties, before being renumbered as 7027 under the LNER. The distinctive high arched roof was removed in August 1925, being replaced by an LNER pattern elliptical steel roof and the three bunker rails were filled during October 1928. 7027 was also the pioneer locomotive for the trial fitting of grease lubrication to the coupling pins and connecting rods in 1936.
At Grouping 7027 was still in GER Austerity Grey but from 1925 carried the LNER goods livery of unlined standard black with shaded 7.5" LNER lettering and 12" numbering, unlike the final I89 order that were painted in standard black with red lining, along with the ‘E’ area number suffix and either L&NER or LNER.

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Prototype information

^* 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.

Accurascale 7027 is a 4 mm scale model of the LNER J68 0-6-0T locomotive. The model is fitted with DCC sound, carries the LNER livery and is supplied under the manufacturer part number ACC2444-DCC. It represents the period of the Big Four railway companies (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR).

The prototype was built at Stratford as Great Eastern Railway No.27 in December 1913. It was allocated to Cambridge shed, later worked on shunting duties at Peterborough East and was renumbered 7027 by the LNER after the 1923 Grouping. The locomotive originally featured a high‑arched wooden cab roof, sixteen spoke unbalanced cast‑iron wheels, lever reverse and straight‑topped side tanks.

Modifications to the original included the replacement of the high‑arched roof with an elliptical steel roof in August 1925 and the filling of the three bunker rails in October 1928. In 1936 the locomotive was used to trial grease lubrication on coupling pins and connecting rods. At Grouping it carried the GER Austerity Grey livery; from 1925 it wore the LNER goods livery of unlined standard black with shaded 7.5‑inch lettering and 12‑inch numbering.