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Dapol 4D-014-003

Class 29 D6107 BR Blue Full Yellow Ends

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Prototype Eras
Era 5 (1956 to 1966) British Railways Late Crest
Era 6 (1967 to 1972) British Rail Blue (Pre-TOPS)

Manufacturer description

The BR Class 29 is a type of Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotive designed for both freight and passenger use. Although outwardly similar to the Class 22, they actually share no mechanical parts and in fact were a modified Class 21 with a replacement Paxman engine with improvements to power output.

These modifications were carried out between 1963 and 1965 mainly at the Polmadie Traction & Rolling Stock Depot in Glasgow. After the rebuild, the locomotives returned to Scottish duties until their withdrawal in 1971. No Class 29 locomotives survive preservation. Dapol have managed to provide for the Class 21 also in the tooling and this will be made concurrently with the Class 29.

The first EP’s have arrived and are currently being evaluated by the design team and a series of corrective measures will be made to each of the models to ensure that they are as true to the prototype as possible.

Catalogue listing

Model details

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.

The Dapol Class 29 D6107 BR Blue, Headcode Box (Full Yellow End) Diesel Locomotive is a model of the British Rail Class 29 diesel-electric locomotive.

The model is in OO gauge and features a pristine finish in British Rail blue livery. It has a running number of D6107 and is DCC ready with a 21 pin socket. The locomotive has interior and directional lighting, and is equipped with a 5 pole super creep motor with twin brass fly wheels for controlled pulling power and slow running speed.

The model has a length of 206mm, a width of 34mm and a height of 49mm. It requires a minimum radius curve of 2 and has power pickup on all wheels. The coupling is NEM/Tension lock and the motive power is diesel.

The Class 29 was a type of Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotive built by the North British Locomotive Co. between 1963 and 1967. Twenty locomotives were produced, and they were used for both freight and passenger services. The model represents the locomotives as they would have appeared in the British Railways Late Crest period.

The real-life Class 29 locomotives were modified versions of the Class 21, with a replacement Paxman engine and improvements to power output. They were used in Scotland until their withdrawal in 1971, and no examples survive in preservation.