Hornby R3552

GWR, 6800 'Grange' Class, 4-6-0, 6860 ‘Aberporth Grange’ - Era 3

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

Manufacturer description

The idea for a new class of two cylinder, 4-6-0, mixed traffic locomotive on the Great Western Railway came from George Churchward, Chief Mechanical Officer at the time, in the years preceding the First World War. His proposal envisaged combining the standard Swindon No.1 boiler with driving wheels of 5' 8" to deliver a combination of good pulling power and good acceleration which is vital in the design of an efficient mixed traffic locomotive.

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^* 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.