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Rapido 811002

HR Loch Class No.119 ‘Loch Insh’

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Prototype Era
Era 2 (1875 to 1923) Pre-grouping

Manufacturer description

Highland Railway ‘Loch’ Class 4-4-0
HR Drummond I Lined Green No. 119 ‘Loch Insh’
Tall louvred HR chimney
Long smokebox door straps
Smokebox wing plates
Jones safety valves
Tender toolbox
Tender gong
Suitable for operation on 2nd Radius curves (438mm or greater)
Dynamic firebox flicker
21-pin DCC decoder socket
Factory-fitted speakers in all models
Sprung buffers
Museum-quality paint finish
Smooth & powerful mechanism
Highly detailed
NEM coupler pockets
1:76 scale (OO gauge)

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Model details

Prototype information

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The Rapido Trains UK OO Gauge Highland Railway Loch Class 4-4-0 range is a model railway locomotive based on the Highland Railway's Loch Class of locomotives. The class was designed by David Jones, the Highland Railway's Locomotive Superintendent, in 1896, with the aim of creating a powerful passenger locomotive capable of traversing the undulating landscape of the Inverness to Perth line. The class consisted of 18 locomotives, built by Dübs & Co. and The North British Locomotive Company, and were named after inland Scottish lochs.

The locomotives were designed to produce 17,070 pounds of tractive effort, making them a significant improvement over the Strath Class. They were used by the Highland Railway for various services, including local passenger work and piloting trains over the Slochd Summit. After the Highland Railway was absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923, the locomotives underwent various modifications, including the replacement of boilers on some of the original Dübs & Co. locos.

The Rapido Trains UK OO Gauge model range will feature the Dübs & Co. built locomotives, with tooling variations to represent the conversions they received throughout their lifetime. The models will be available in various liveries, including pre-grouping, LMS, and British Railways. The range will also include a 'What if' Highland Railway Yellow livery, as well as the loco named Loch Ness, which featured a commemorative livery following a visit by the Prince of Wales in 1896.