Name: Dapol 4P-020-412 GWR Toplight M/Line City GWR All Brown All Third 3910 Set 5
Brand: Dapol
SKU: 4P-020-412
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-020-412

GTIN

5016927061616

RRP

£66.94

Release date

Q1 2024

Model details

Livery

GWR brown

Power pickup

All wheels

Coupling

NEM / Tension lock

DCC status

DCC 6

Tooling date

2023

Finish

Pristine

Chassis construction

Diecast

Coupling mount

NEM pockets

Coupling type

Tension lock

Scale

OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)

Gauge

Running number

3910

Prototype information

Type of vehicle

Coach

Main duties

Suburban passenger
Branchline passenger

In service until

Late 1950s

Operated by

Great Western Railway
British Railways

Wheel configuration

2 x Bogies

Build dates

1920 to 1921

Builder

Swindon Works

Coach type

GWR Churchward Toplight City

TOPS classification

(T) Third

Wheel arrangement

2 x Bogies

Built

1920 to 1921

Built by

Swindon Works

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Here is a summary of the article in neutral, factual language, using British spelling and terminology.

The Dapol GWR Toplight Mainline City coaches are a new release in OO gauge, depicting the GWR's 3910 set 5. These coaches were built at Swindon Works between 1920 and 1921, with the first order being placed in 1915 but delayed due to World War I. Six sets of coaches were produced, each consisting of six cars, and were designed to operate on the London Underground system, with a reduced height to accommodate the restrictive tunnel loading gauge.

The coaches were originally used for commuter services from Reading and Windsor into the City of London, but the service was curtailed at the start of World War II. After the war, the coaches were used on longer-distance services, but were eventually withdrawn from revenue-earning service by December 1956, with all coaches gone by December 1957. One coach was converted into a workman's coach for a miners' service in 1958.

Dapol's model of the GWR Toplight Mainline City coaches will feature highly detailed and accurate components, including a highly detailed chassis, separate metal door and commode handles, and wire end handrails. The model will also include a highly detailed interior, internal lighting, and directional tail lamp. The coaches will be available in GWR brown livery and will be designed to operate on R2 radius curves.

Dapol 4P-020-412

GWR Toplight M/Line City GWR All Brown All Third 3910 Set 5

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