Name: Dapol 4P-020-222 GWR Toplight M/Line City Cty Tw Cty Choc & Crm Composite 7906 Set 3
Brand: Dapol
SKU: 4P-020-222
Price: 64.80 GBP

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

Manufacturer description

General Specification

Dapol have produced an all third, composite and brake third coaches which are the perfect companion to the Dapol 61xx Prairie 2-6-2

The Dapol OO Gauge GWR Toplight Mainline City coaches have the following features and details:

· Highly accurate injection moulded body with bolection window mouldings and frosted Toplight windows.

· Separate metal door and commode handles

· Wire end hand rails and separately applied end communication details

· Correct number of roof ventilators depending on the prototypical period being modelled

· Highly detailed chassis with vacuum tanks, battery boxes and brake linkages all to a high degree of fidelity

· 9ft bogie bolster with dicast side frames and split axles for electrical pick up

· Highly detailed interior with period specific decorations being applied

Technical Specification

Technical Specification:

· Kinematic couplings with NEM pockets including special coupling bar to give close coupling

· Coaches are capable of negotiating R2 radius curves

· Sprung metal buffers

· Heavy Diecast chassis

· Internal lighting. Can be optionally DCC fitted with a six pin decoder such as the Dapol Imperium 5.

Catalogue listing

Brand

Dapol

Product Code

4P-020-222

GTIN

5016927057091

RRP

£64.80

Release date

January 2024

Model details

Tooling date

2023

Livery

GWR chocolate and cream

Power pickup

All wheels

Coupling

NEM / Tension lock

DCC status

DCC 6

Chassis construction

Diecast

Coupling mount

NEM pockets

Coupling type

Tension lock

Scale

OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)

Finish

Pristine

Running number

7906

Prototype information

Type of vehicle

Coach

Builder

Swindon Works

Wheel configuration

2 x Bogies

Build dates

1920 to 1921

Operated by

Great Western Railway
British Railways

Main duties

Suburban passenger
Branchline passenger

In service until

Late 1950s

Coach type

GWR Churchward Toplight City

TOPS classification

Wheel arrangement

2 x Bogies

Built

1920 to 1921

Built by

Swindon Works

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Dapol is set to produce a range of OO gauge GWR Toplight Mainline City coaches in chocolate and cream livery. These coaches are designed to be companions to the new Dapol 61xx Prairie 2-6-2 locomotive. The coaches feature highly accurate injection moulded bodies, bolection window mouldings and frosted Toplight windows. They also include separate metal door and commode handles, wire end handrails and separately applied end communication details.

The coaches have a highly detailed chassis with vacuum tanks, battery boxes and brake linkages. They also feature 9ft bogie bolsters with diecast side frames and split axles for electrical pickup. The interior is highly detailed with period-specific decorations. The coaches are capable of negotiating R2 radius curves and feature sprung metal buffers, internal lighting and a directional tail lamp. They can be optionally DCC fitted with a six-pin decoder.

The GWR Toplight Mainline City coaches were built at Swindon Works between 1920 and 1921, following an initial order placed in 1915 that was delayed due to World War I. Six sets of coaches were produced, each comprising six cars. The coaches were designed to be close-coupled and featured a steel body. They were 7 inches lower than other contemporary coaches due to the restrictive loading gauge of the London Underground tunnels. The coaches were originally used for commuter traffic from Reading and Windsor into the City of London, but were later used on longer-distance services after World War II. They were withdrawn from service in 1957 and some were converted into workmen's coaches for a branch line in South Wales.

Dapol 4P-020-222

GWR Toplight M/Line City Cty Tw Cty Choc & Crm Composite 7906 Set 3

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