Heljan 4698

Class 47/7 47787 Windsor Castle in EWS livery (Limited Edition of 1000)

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Prototype Era
Era 9 (1995 to 2004) Initial Privatisation

Manufacturer description

Catalogue listing

Brand
Heljan
Product Code
4698
RRP
£89.00

Model details

Tooling date
2002
Chassis construction
Heavy diecast
Coupling type
Tension lock
Scale
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)
Name
Windsor Castle
Minimum radius
Radius 2
Finish
Pristine
DCC status
DCC Ready 8-pin socket
Livery
EWS - English Welsh and Scottish
Gauge
OO
Power pickup
All wheels
Minimum radius curve
Radius 2
Running number
47787

Prototype information

Wheel configuration
Co-Co
Total built
512
Tractive effort
55,000 to 60,000 lbf
Builder
Brush Traction
British Rail Crewe Works
Power output
2,750 hp
(Later derated to 2,580 hp)
Build dates
1962 to 1968
Locomotive type
Diesel-Electric
Top speed
75 or 95 mph
In service until
Present
Main duties
Mixed Traffic
Operated by
British Rail
Advenza Freight
Anglia
Caledonian Sleeper
Colas Rail
Cotswold Rail
Direct Rail Services
EWS
First Great Western
FM Rail
Fragonset
Freightliner
GB Railfreight
Harry Needle Railroad Co.
ONE
Porterbrook
Rail Operations Group
Riviera Trains
Victa Westlink Rail
Virgin Trains
Waterman Railways
West Coast Railway Co.
Locomotive class*
British Rail Class 47/7
Motive power
Diesel
Wheel arrangement
Co-Co
Built
August 1948
Built by
Brush Traction British Rail Crewe Works
Total produced
512

* 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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Heljan Class 47/7 47787 Windsor Castle is a limited‑edition OO gauge model, produced in a run of 1 000 units. The locomotive carries the number 47787, is named Windsor Castle and is finished in the English, Welsh and Scottish (EWS) livery. It is DCC ready with an 8‑pin socket and picks up power from all wheels; the minimum curve radius is listed as radius 2.

The model represents a British Rail Class 47/7 diesel locomotive with a Co‑Co wheel arrangement. It is capable of a maximum speed of 80 mph (95 mph in theory) and operates on a pristine finish. The gauge is OO and the running number is 47787.

The prototype was built between 1979 and 1984 by Brush Traction and British Rail Crewe Works. The manufacturer part number is 4698 and the period depicted is the initial privatisation era.

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