Name: Dapol 4P-020-402 GWR Toplight M/Line City GWR All Brown Third Brke 3756 Set 5
Brand: Dapol
SKU: 4P-020-402
Price: 66.94 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-020-402

GTIN

5016927061593

RRP

£66.94

Release date

Q1 2024

Model details

Livery

GWR brown

Power pickup

All wheels

Coupling

NEM / Tension lock

DCC status

DCC 6

Coupling type

Tension lock

Gauge

Finish

Pristine

Chassis construction

Diecast

Coupling mount

NEM pockets

Scale

OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)

Tooling date

2023

Running number

3756

Prototype information

Wheel configuration

2 x Bogies

Main duties

Suburban passenger
Branchline passenger

Operated by

Great Western Railway
British Railways

Type of vehicle

Coach

In service until

Late 1950s

Builder

Swindon Works

Build dates

1920 to 1921

Coach type

GWR Churchward Toplight City

TOPS classification

(BT) Brake Third

Wheel arrangement

2 x Bogies

Built

1920 to 1921

Built by

Swindon Works

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The Dapol OO gauge GWR Toplight Mainline City coach set, specifically the all brown third brake coach 3756, is a highly detailed and accurate model of a coach from the 1920s.

Built by Swindon Works between 1920 and 1921, this type of coach was part of the original six sets of six coaches produced for the GWR. The coaches were designed to be close coupled and had a steel body, making them 7 inches lower than other contemporary coaches to accommodate the restricted loading gauge of the London Underground tunnels.

The coaches were originally used for commuter services from Reading and Windsor into the City of London, but their use was curtailed at the start of the Second World War. After the war, they were used on services further afield, but were eventually withdrawn from revenue-earning service in December 1956.

In 1958, three of the coaches were converted into workmen's coaches for the miners' service between Glyncorrwg and North Rhondda Halt, making coaches 3755, 3756, and 3910 the last three coaches in service. Coach 3756 is now partially restored.

The Dapol model of the all brown third brake coach 3756 is part of a new range of GWR Toplight Mainline City coaches, which will also include an all third coach and a composite coach. The model features highly accurate injection moulded bodywork, metal door and commode handles, and a highly detailed chassis with vacuum tanks and brake linkages.

The technical specification of the model includes kinematic couplings with NEM pockets, sprung metal buffers, internal lighting, and directional tail lamp. The model is capable of negotiating R2 radius curves and can be optionally DCC fitted with a six pin decoder.

Dapol 4P-020-402

GWR Toplight M/Line City GWR All Brown Third Brke 3756 Set 5

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