Dapol 4S-009-008D

Class 28xx / 2884 3850 Great Western Black 2-8-0 Steam Locomotive - DCC Fitted

Name: Dapol 4S-009-008D Class 28xx / 2884 3850 Great Western Black 2-8-0 Steam Locomotive - DCC Fitted
Brand: Dapol
SKU: 4S-009-008D
Price: 255.00 GBP

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Prototype Eras
Era 3 (1923 to 1947) The Big Four (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR)
Era 5 (1956 to 1966) British Railways Late Crest

Manufacturer description

2831 will be sporting a fully lined Great Western green livery. It will have a curved footplate drop at the front of the locomotive, tapered buffers, a small pony truck bell cover and the top front lamp bracket will be mounted on the smoke box. This locomotive has inside steam pipes and a large boiler cradle. It has the Churchward cab with the sand boxes situated underneath it and porthole windows in the cab front. The boiler is crowned with a straight chimney and large safety valve bonnet, this is the only model in this production run not to have top feed. 2831 will be paired with a smooth sided tender.

28xx / 2884 Prototype

The GWR prototype 2-8-0 locomotive 2800 (originally No 97) was built in 1903 and underwent two years of trials before further production began which resulted in 84 of the class being built. The design was much in advance of its time and this class and the slightly modified 2884 class were built from 1903 until 1942. They remained the standard freight design on the GWR for the rest of the Company’s existence and were used on the heaviest freight trains.

Model Features

General Specification

The locomotive will have all of the usual refinements that are expected to be found on all Dapol models including:

A diecast compensated chassis with floating gearbox
Diecast footplate
Diecast boiler
Detailed cab interior
The front pony truck is also sprung and operates on a cam so the model will negotiate R2 curves with ease.
Churchward boiler
Churchward and Collett boiler support/motion bracket
Vertical and curved drop footplates
Churchward (tapered) & Collet (Straight) sprung buffers
Smoke boxes with inside or outside steam pipes
GWR & BR smoke box doors (with separately added number plate)

Technical Specification

A slide in PCB offers simple ‘tool-free’ installation of a NEXT-18 DCC decoder. This board slides through the smoke box door and connects directly to the locomotive mother board.
The tender to locomotive drawbar includes reliable electrical connections moulded within the close-coupling push-fit coupling. This eliminates wired plugs and unreliable wiper style connections.
The locomotive and tender have electrical pick-up on driving and tender wheels
Genuine sound recording provided by 3850 based on the GWSR plaid through a high quality speaker system
Firebox glow (synchronised with sound*)
Dapol’s proven slow speed mechanism and high torque motor
Enhance your driving experience with our feature RealDrive*

* Factory fitted models only

Catalogue listing

Brand

Dapol

Product Code

4S-009-008D

RRP

£255.00

Release date

Q3 2026

Model details

Minimum radius

Radius 2

Scale

OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)

Tooling date

2024

DCC status

DCC Fitted

Coupling type

Tension lock

Coupling mount

NEM pockets

Chassis construction

Heavy diecast

Livery

GWR green

Finish

Pristine

DCC

DCC Fitted

Running number

2874

Prototype information

Main duties

Heavy Freight

Tractive effort

35,380 lbf

Total built

Operated by

Great Western Railway
British Railways

Locomotive type

Steam

In service until

1965

Build date

1903 to 1919

Wheel configuration

2-8-0

Builder

GWR Swindon Works

Locomotive class^*

Great Western Railway 28xx

Motive power

Steam

Built

1905-1919

Total produced

^* 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.

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