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Accurascale ACC2876

8750 Class - 9681 - Late Crest Black

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Prototype Eras
Era 4 (1948 to 1956) British Railways Early Crest
Era 5 (1956 to 1966) British Railways Late Crest

Manufacturer description

9681. British Railways Black Livery, Late Crest

9681 was one of the last pannier tanks to be built. Emerging from Swindon Works in 1949 under the ownership of British Railways it was part of the penultimate lot of 10 locomotives. Initially allocated to Tondu in South Wales, it spent periods at Oswestry and Hereford before being withdrawn from Cardiff East Dock after a 16 year working life. Luckily it was bought by scrap merchant Dai Woodham and spent a number of years languishing before being moved to the Dean Forest Railway and returned to steam in 1984

Features: Top feed boiler, 8750 style cab, Bunker steps fitted, Injector overflow routed outside running plate

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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's 8750 Class Pannier Tank locomotive model is a detailed representation of a 0-6-0 tank locomotive in British Railways' black livery with late crest. The model features a coreless motor with flywheel, geared for maximum performance and slow speed running, and is DCC ready or can be fitted with an ESU LokSound V5 sound kit.

The locomotive is built to a scale of 1:76.2 and features a die-cast metal chassis and pickups to all wheels. The model has a minimum radius of 438mm and is designed for use on 16.5mm track. The wheels are RP25-110 profile and the model features a highly detailed cab interior with twin LED pulsing/steady firebox glow.

The model includes a range of detailed parts, including etched metal and plastic components, such as grab handles, steps, buffer pipework, and lamp irons. The whistle is made from turned brass with etched whistle shields, and the roof ventilator is a sliding design. The model also features fully sprung metal buffers, factory-installed pipework, and screw/3 link couplings.

The 8750 Class Pannier Tank locomotive was a standard design produced by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in the 1920s and 1930s, with over 800 locomotives built for use on the GWR and later on British Railways. The class was designed to be a lightweight and powerful tank locomotive that could be used on a wide range of duties, from local pick-up freight trains to shunting yards and branch line passenger services.

The first 100 locomotives of the class were built by the North British Locomotive Company and the GWR's own Swindon workshops, with a further 200 locomotives ordered from various contractors. The class was later modified with the introduction of a larger and more comfortable cab, resulting in the 8750 class. The locomotives were used extensively on the GWR and British Railways network, with the first withdrawals beginning in 1956 and continuing until 1966.

Some locomotives from the class were preserved and are still in operation today, with four having been re-certified for mainline use and used on excursion trains.