Dapol 4S-041-010/301/311/321

Set of 4 Large Prairie 5134 GWR Green Shirt Button Steam Locomotive & Toplight Coaches

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

Manufacturer description

Consists of:

1x 4S-041-010 Large Prairie 5134 GWR Green Shirt Button Steam Locomotive

1x 4P-020-301 GWR Toplight Mainline City GWR Shirtbutton Third Brake 3753 Set 4

1x 4P-020-311 GWR Toplight Mainline City GWR Shirtbutton All Third 3907 Set 4

1x 4P-020-321 GWR Toplight Mainline City GWR Shirtbutton Composite 7907 Set 4


Large Prairie 5134 GWR

The 5101 class of large prairie locomotives were updated versions of the 3100 class and built between 1929 and 1939 which included the 6100 series, with a higher boiler pressure and designed for London suburban services. The final locomotives were built between 1946 and 1949 with the last twenty not receiving Great Western livery.

During December 1965 the last eleven locomotives were withdrawn all being from the 6100 batch. Dapol has now added extra tooling to allow us to model all variants of these locomotives.

Many original GA drawings were used in the development of these accurate and authentic models.

To portray these locomotives over their lifetime the following details will be available where they are applicable through the addition of many separately added details

• Two different styles of safety valve cover
• Bunker lamp bracket shield
• Smoke box top mounted lamp bracket
• Smoke box door mounted lamp bracket for B.R. period
• Smoke box number plate for B.R. period
• Separately fitted top feed pipes and hand rails
• Separately fitted lifting rings
• Screw down and flip top water filler covers
• With and without cab side shutters
• Three cab profiles
• Curved and straight drop front running plate
• Appropriate motion bracket

Technical Specification

• Ultra-powerful and smooth 5 pole skew wound motor for great haulage and super controllable running.
• Dapol’s innovative toolless DCC & Speaker installation PCB. Simply remove the smokebox door, pull out the PCB, click your speakers and decoder in place and slide back into the locomotive. No tools, no solder, no mess, no fuss.
• Compensated chassis for reliable running and pick up through all driving wheels
• Cleverly designed front pony truck allows the cylinders to be moulded in full relief whilst still allowing the locomotive to navigate R2 438mm/17.2inch) minimum radius curves with ease
• Realistic fire box glow (synchronised with sound)
• Sprung buffers
• All wheel drive
• Diecast and profiled wheels and steel tyres
• Finely engineered motion and prototypical connecting rods
• Pull out PCB with NEXT-18 decoder socket for easy DCC conversion
• Sound fitted versions will be available which will incorporate our own recorded sounds and fun features such as RealDrive where you actually drive the train for a more immersive experience
  

GWR Toplight Mainline City GWR Shirtbutton

The first order for these coaches was placed in 1915 but, due to the First World War, they were not built until 1920. The second batch was completed in 1921. Six sets of coaches were produced with each set comprising six coaches. The coaches were close coupled and constructed with a steel body rather than the traditional wooden panelling. Due to the restrictive loading gauge of the London Underground tunnels, the carriages are 7 inches lower than other contemporary carriages of the time. This enabled them to travel directly to Aldgate and Liverpool Street, on the Metropolitan Underground system.

The coaches were originally used for commuter traffic from the likes of Reading and Windsor into the City of London. At the start of the Second World War this service was curtailed. However, after the war and into BR days the coaches could be found on services much further afield.

The coaches started to be removed from revenue-earning service in December 1956 and all gone by December 1957. There was only one significant change made to the design during the lifetime of the coaches, which was the removal of one roof ventilator from each compartment.

In 1958, two brake third coaches and one all third coach were converted into workmen's coaches for the miners service between Glyncorrwg and North Rhondda Halt, which was a former branch line of the South Wales Mineral Railway. The main changes were the addition of an extra window in the end of the guards luggage area and a fitting of a gong to the same end of the coach. This makes coaches 3755, 3756, and 3910 the last three coaches in service. 3755 is fully preserved at Didcot Railway Centre with 3756 being partially restored.

MODEL
Dapol will be producing an all third, composite and brake third coaches which are the perfect companion to the Dapol 61xx Prairie 2-6-2 just released.

FEATURES
The Dapol OO Gauge GWR Toplight Mainline City coaches will 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
As well as an impressive selection of aesthetic details the coaches will have an impressive technical specification which includes the following features:

• Kinematic couplings with NEM pockets including special coupling bar to give close coupling
• Coaches are capable of negotiating R2 radius curves
• Sprung metal buffers
• Internal lighting and directional tail lamp. Can be optionally DCC fitted with a six pin decoder such as the Dapol Imperium Four.
• Heavy Diecast chassis

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