Name: Rapido 817508 L&Y Class 25 No.52056 – LMS Livery (DCC Sound Fitted)
Brand: Rapido
SKU: 817508
Price: 329.95 GBP

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Prototype Era
Era 4 (1948 to 1956) British Railways Early Crest

Manufacturer description

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Class 25
No. 52056
LMS Livery
L&Y Style Smokebox Door
1 Piece Boiler Handrail
Ramsbottom Safety Valves
Coreless motor with flywheel
21 pin decoder socket in tender
Large tender mounted speaker
MoPower stay-alive fitted.
Plunger loco pickups
Tender wheel bearing pickups
Dynamic firebox flicker
NEM pockets front and rear
Suitable for operation on 2nd radius curves (438mm or greater)

Catalogue listing

Brand

Rapido

Product Code

817508

RRP

£329.95

Model details

DCC status

DCC Sound

Gauge

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Rapido Class 25 ‘Ironclad’ 0‑6‑0 No.52056 is an OO‑scale model of a Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway locomotive in LMS livery, supplied with DCC sound. The model carries the manufacturer part number 817508 and represents the locomotive as it appeared under British Railways with the early crest. It is fitted with a core‑less motor, a flywheel, a 21‑pin decoder socket in the tender, a large tender‑mounted speaker, MoPower stay‑alive, plunger loco pickups, tender wheel bearing pickups, dynamic firebox flicker and NEM pockets at both front and rear. The locomotive includes period‑specific details such as an L&Y style smokebox door, a single boiler handrail and Ramsbottom safety valves, and it can negotiate second‑radius curves of 438 mm or greater.

The model is based on the historic Class 25 ‘Ironclad’ 0‑6‑0 freight engines built between 1876 and 1887, of which 280 were produced by Kitson, Sharp, Stewart, Vulcan and Beyer Peacock. Although originally a freight locomotive, the class proved versatile in mixed‑traffic duties and later served in local goods and shunting work after conversion to saddle tanks. The last member of the class was withdrawn from service in 1959, and one survivor, No.957 ‘Green Dragon’, remains preserved on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

Rapido Trains UK offers the model in several liveries, including two that reflect different stages of the locomotive’s preservation history. The product is suitable for collectors and hobbyists seeking a historically accurate, DCC‑enabled representation of this long‑serving British steam locomotive.