Name: Rapido 926004 USATC S160 No.2356
Brand: Rapido
SKU: 926004
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 Transportation Corps U.S.A. on tender.

Manufacturer- Baldwin Locomotive Works – Philadelphia – 1943

Shed allocation and region- Exmouth Junction (EXJ) – SR

Date of model- December 1943

Tooling variations –

Standard lamp irons
Straight 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

926004

RRP

£269.95

Release date

Q2 2026

Model details

Tooling date

2024

Scale

OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)

DCC status

DCC 21

Gauge

Prototype information

Locomotive type

Steam

Builder

American Locomotive Company
Baldwin Loocmotive Works
Lima Locomotive Works

Build dates

1942 to 1945

Total built

2,120

Tractive effort

31,492 lbf

Wheel configuration

2-8-0

Operated by

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

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.2356 is a model locomotive part of the Rapido USATC S160 collection. It is available in OO gauge and represents the Big Four era of British railways, which includes the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, the Great Western Railway, and the London and North Eastern Railway.

The model features a light grey matt livery with the Transportation Corps U.S.A. emblem on the tender. The locomotive is based on the design of the USATC S160, which was manufactured by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia in 1943.

The model is allocated to Exmouth Junction, a Southern Railway shed, and is accurate to a specific date of December 1943. The model includes several tooling variations, which are detailed in the image gallery. These variations include standard lamp irons, a straight strap smokebox door, a Westinghouse air pump, and a boiler-mounted ejector pipe, among others.