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Hornby R3868

Crawshay Brothers, Peckett W4 Class, 0-4-0ST, 490/1890 - Era 2

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Prototype Eras
Era 2 (1875 to 1923) Pre-grouping
Era 3 (1923 to 1947) The Big Four (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR)

Manufacturer description

Peckett Works No. 490/1890 was built for the Crawshay Brothers at Cyfarthfa Ironworks, which had been reopened in 1879 after five years of closure. Unfortunately, Cyfartha had been slow to changeover to steel production and despite an investment of £150,000 by William Thompson Crawshay, the reopening in 1882 as a steel production plant came too late to change the factory's fortunes and it closed again in 1910.

In 1915 Cyfarthfa reopened to produce pig iron and shell steel during the First World War but Cyfarthfa finally closed forever in 1919, with dismantling commencing in 1928.

Catalogue listing

Brand
Hornby
Product Code
R3868
GTIN
5055286672323
RRP
£139.99
Release date
October 2023

Model details

Livery
Crawshay Brothers
Colour
Green
Scale
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)
DCC status
DCC Ready 4 pin socket
Finish
Painted
Gauge
OO
Minimum radius curve
1st Radius (371mm)
Motor
3 Pole Skew wound
Power pickup
All wheels
Tooling date
2017
Chassis construction
Diecast
Interior lighting
No
Pickup in tender
No
Passenger figures
No
Based on preserved
No
Minimum radius
Radius 1
Coupling mount
NEM pockets
Coupling type
Tension lock
Directional lighting
No
Coupling
NEM + Tension Lock

Prototype information

Introduced
1890
Locomotive class*
Peckett W4 0-4-0ST
Operator
Crawshay Brothers
Motive power
Steam
Wheel arrangement
0-4-0
Designer
Peckett & Sons

* 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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