Name: Rapido 817511 L&Y Class 25 No.52021 – BR Early Crest (DCC Sound Fitted)
Brand: Rapido
SKU: 817511
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. 52021
BR Early Crest
LMS Style Smokebox Door
3 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

817511

RRP

£329.95

Model details

DCC status

DCC Sound

Gauge

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Rapido Trains UK OO‑gauge Class 25 ‘Ironclad’ 0‑6‑0 locomotive (manufacturer part number 817511) is supplied with DCC sound and represents the British Railways Early Crest period.

The model is equipped with a coreless motor and flywheel, a 21‑pin decoder socket in the tender, a large tender‑mounted speaker, MoPower stay‑alive, plunger locomotive pickups and tender wheel‑bearing pickups, dynamic firebox flicker and NEM pockets at the front and rear. It fits 2nd radius curves of 438 mm or greater and includes an LMS‑style smokebox door, a three‑piece boiler handrail and Ramsbottom safety valves.

The real Class 25 locomotives were introduced by William Barton Wright after he became Locomotive Superintendent of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway in 1875. Between 1876 and 1887 a total of 280 examples were built by Kitson & Co., Sharp, Stewart & Co., Vulcan, Beyer Peacock and the L&Y's own works. Designed as freight engines, they proved effective for mixed traffic and earned the nickname ‘Ironclad’. Reclassified 2F by the LMS, withdrawals began in 1930 and the last member, No. 52044 (L&Y 957), was retired in 1959. The locomotive was rescued by Tony Cox in 1960, moved to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway in 1965 and achieved film fame as the ‘Green Dragon’ in *The Railway Children* and several BBC productions.

The Rapido rendition is offered in a range of liveries, including those that depict the locomotive during various stages of its preservation history.