Name: Rapido 926003 USATC S160 No.1712
Brand: Rapido
SKU: 926003
Price: 269.95 GBP

Manufacturer catalogue image - please note that pre-release images may be CAD renders or CGI images rather than photographs

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

Manufacturer description

Livery- Light grey (matt) with U.S.A. on tender.

Manufacturer- Baldwin Locomotive Works – Philadelphia – 1942

Shed allocation and region- March (MAR) – LNER

Date of model- May 1943

Tooling variations-

Standard lamp irons
Angled strap smokebox door
Westinghouse air pump
Pipework mounted in front of 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

Brand

Rapido

Product Code

926003

RRP

£269.95

Release date

Q2 2026

Model details

Scale

OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)

Gauge

DCC status

DCC 21

Tooling date

2024

Prototype information

Locomotive type

Steam

Builder

American Locomotive Company
Baldwin Loocmotive Works
Lima Locomotive Works

Build dates

1942 to 1945

Tractive effort

31,492 lbf

Total built

2,120

Operated by

United States Army Transportation Corps
(Used during WW2 by various European countries, UK, South America and East Asia)

Wheel configuration

2-8-0

Main duties

Heavy Freight
Wartime

In service until

UK: 1945
Rest of World: some in use until 1990s

Operator

USATC

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The Rapido USATC S160 No.1712 is a model locomotive representing a specific era in British railway history. The locomotive is part of the OO gauge USATC S160 collection by Rapido.

The model depicts a locomotive in the Big Four era, a period when the railways were owned by the LNER, LMS, GWR and SR. The locomotive's livery is a light grey finish with 'U.S.A.' written on the tender.

The original locomotive was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia in 1942. It was allocated to March (MAR) on the LNER network.

The model was first released in May 1943. The manufacturer has included various tooling variations to enhance the model's accuracy. These include standard lamp irons, an angled strap smokebox door, a Westinghouse air pump, pipework mounted in front of the chimney, straight running boards, a right-hand drive with pole reverser and original pattern firehole door, a standard wartime tender, and a boiler-mounted ejector pipe.