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Rapido 926001

USATC S160 No.1604

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

Manufacturer description

Livery: Black (satin) with U.S.A. on tender.

Manufacturer: ALCO – Schenectady – 1942

Shed allocation and region: Newport Ebbw Junction (NPT) – GWR

Date of model: December 1942

Tooling variations:

• GWR lamp irons
• Straight strap smokebox door fitted with GWR lamp iron
• Westinghouse air pump
• Pipework mounted behind chimney
• Straight running boards
• Right hand drive with pole reverser and original pattern firehole door
• Standard wartime tender
• Boiler-mounted ejector pipe fitted

To watch our video illustrating these tooling variations, click on the play button in the image gallery.

Catalogue listing

Model details

Prototype information

The Rapido USATC S160 No. 1604 is a model locomotive designed for OO gauge model railways. It is part of the Rapido USATC S160 collection. The model represents locomotives from the Big Four railway companies - the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, the Great Western Railway, the London and North Eastern Railway and the Southern Railway.

This model is available in a single livery, which is black with 'U.S.A.' on the tender. The locomotive is modelled as it would have appeared in 1942, a year in which the first of these locomotives were delivered. The manufacturer of the original locomotive was the American Locomotive Company, specifically the Schenectady works.

The model is allocated to Newport Ebbw Junction shed, which was a Great Western Railway depot. The model is based on a standard wartime tender and features several specific details that reflect its allocation to a GWR shed.

The model includes various tooling variations, including GWR lamp irons, a straight strap smokebox door fitted with a GWR lamp iron, a Westinghouse air pump, pipework behind the chimney, straight running boards, a right-hand drive with a pole reverser and original pattern firehole door, and a boiler-mounted ejector pipe.