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Prototype Era
Era 3 (1923 to 1947) The Big Four (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR)
Manufacturer description
Dapol's Black Label A4 Locomotives offer the following features:
- Synchronized puffing smoke with chuffing sound
- Authentic sound recorded from ‘Bittern’
- Short whistle with simulated steam
- Long whistle with simulated steam
- Speakers installed in both locomotive and tender for more realistic sounds
- Working front lamps, that can be switched on/off in DCC mode
- Locomotive and tender bodies in die-cast metal
- Locomotive chassis in die-cast metal
- Finely detailed wheels and valve gear including lubricators.
- Sprung driving wheel
- Sliding cab roof ventilators
- Choice of cartazzi truck (pivoting for tight curves, limited travel for larger layouts)
- Glazed cab windows
- Sprung buffers
- Correct tender and locomotive body variations for each model
- Real coal fixed in tender
- Authentic decorations
- Etched nameplates
- Superb back EMF motor control in DC and DCC
- Silent drive mechanism
- Limited edition of only 320 units (400 for Mallard) with numbered certificate
- Collectors presentation case
Minimum radius curve
2nd Radius (438mm)
Locomotive class*
London & North Eastern Railway A4
Operator
London & North Eastern Railway
Ordered by
London & North Eastern Railway
Built by
London & North Eastern Railway
Length of service
27 years
* 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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