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Accurascale ACC3279-SIL

BR Class 92 - Railfreight Grey - 92002 'H. G. Wells' - DCC Silent

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Prototype Era
Era 9 (1995 to 2004) Initial Privatisation

Manufacturer description

92002 H.G. Wells Railfreight Grey
Completed by Brush Traction in December 1993 and named after the prolific English writer H.G. Wells, No. 92002 would spend its formative years undergoing testing, initially at the Railway Technical Centre, Derby, then at the Velim test track near Prague in the Czech Republic and, finally, at the Arsenal complex near Vienna in Austria. Repatriated to the UK in time for the Crewe Basford Hall Open Day in August 1995, it was eventually taken into stock in October 1996 at Crewe International Electric Maintenance Depot some two years after the opening of the Channel Tunnel. Initially subsisting on a diet of trains between Dollands Moor and North London over the ‘classic’ third rail route - once cleared by Railtrack - it joined English Welsh & Scottish Railway on its takeover of Railfreight Distribution in November 1997 and by the end of the decade the dual-voltage locomotive could be found with ‘pan’ up working the full length of the West Coast Main Line between Mossend and Wembley, while services on the East Coast route followed a couple of years later. No. 92002, by now defaced with an EWS ‘big beasties’ sticker, was stored in December 2008 and later re-instated after the sale to DB Schenker in November 2012. It spent several months hired to Direct Rail Services in 2014 and was sidelined again that same November. With its European signalling capability, DB exported the Class 92 to its subsidiary in Romania in April 2015 and renumbered it 91 53 0472 003-9 with the name Lucian Blaga after the philosopher and poet. The Class 92 was later sold to Croatia-based Transagent Rail in 2018 and after several years of use it is now stored at Dunakeszi Works, Budapest in Hungary.

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^* 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 OO scale model of the Class 92 locomotive, No.92002, is a highly detailed representation of the real-life electric locomotive 'H. G. Wells'. The model is built on a die-cast alloy metal chassis and features a high end five-pole motor with two flywheels, providing high performance traction.

The model is available in both DCC silent and DCC sound fitted options, and features a range of separately applied etched metal and high fidelity plastic detail parts, including grab handles, steps, wipers, nameplates, crests, and more. The model also features correct height mini-tension-lock couplers with NEM socket, a fully detailed bufferbeam, and a fully sprung metal buffer.

In addition, the model includes a high performance traction system, which includes a helical gearbox for maximum performance and slow speed running, and gearing arranged for accurate top speed. The model also features an all-wheel drive and all-wheel pickup, dual motorised pantographs with full DCC control, and a fully detailed lighting pack with directional lighting, lighting clusters with day and night-time modes, red and white marker lights, separately switched cab lighting, and illuminated details.

The model is designed for use on minimum radius 438mm (2nd radius set-track) and features OO wheels, RP25-110. The model also includes a hi-fi speaker system with large sound capsules for the DCC sound fitted option.

The real-life locomotive was completed by Brush Traction in December 1993 and was named after the English writer H.G. Wells. It has had a varied career, working on the West Coast Main Line and East Coast Main Line, and was later stored and reinstated several times before being exported to Romania and eventually moving to Hungary.