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Rapido MR-203

LNER Class J70 Steam Locomotive number 68225

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

Manufacturer description

MR-203 Rapido LNER Class J70 Steam Locomotive number 68225 in BR livery with early emblem no skirts.

Limited edition of 500, these models produced exclusively for Model Rail by Rapido.

Features

Coreless motor Provision for sound Tension lock couplings with NEM pockets Sprung buffers with two types of buffer shank Bufferbeam safety chains where appropriate Full sideplates, without sideplates and with cowcatchers only where appropriate Two different styles of central lamp iron Two different nose end door catch styles Replacement cowcatchers with no coupling aperture Separate etch for two and three bolt end mounting plates Choice of opened and closed nose end doors

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Prototype information

^* Class names often change over the lifespan of a locomotive, so this is not necessarily the class name used by the operator in the period modelled.

Rapido MR‑203 model of LNER Class J70 steam locomotive number 68225, supplied as a limited edition of 500 units for Model Rail Magazine. The model is posed in British Railways early‑crest black livery with the early emblem, and is finished to a pristine standard. It is built to OO gauge and is equipped with a 6‑pin DCC socket, NEM + tension‑lock couplings, directional lighting and a provision for a coreless motor. The locomotive measures a minimum radius curve of 371 mm (first radius) and carries a 0‑6‑0T wheel arrangement.

The model reproduces the original Great Eastern Railway C53 class locomotive, designed by James Holden and built at Stratford for the Great Eastern Railway. The prototype was constructed on 01/03/1921, withdrawn on 01/03/1955 and served for 34 years with British Railways. It carried the running number 68225 and featured sprung buffers, buffer‑beam safety chains, full sideplates (or without sideplates where appropriate), cowcatchers, two styles of central lamp iron and two nose‑end door catch designs.

Manufactured by Rapido, the model carries the part number MR‑203. It includes optional features such as sound provision, replacement cowcatchers without a coupling aperture, separate etchings for two‑ and three‑bolt end‑mounting plates and the choice of opened or closed nose‑end doors. The model represents the early British Railways crest period.