Equipped with a Plux22 DCC Decoder Socket – recommended Decoder item No. 36-570

DETAIL VARIATIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS MODEL

Flush Front at No. 1 End and Plated Headcode Panel with Sealed Beam Marker Lights at No. 2 End

Twin Bufferbeam Brackets denoting a Crewe-built Machine

Cab-Front-mounted ETH Equipment

Single Arm Windscreen Wipers

High Intensity Headlight

Round Buffers

Full Cab Roof Vents

Serck Radiator Grilles

Ribbed Exhaust Panels

Blanked Roof Boiler Port

1,200 Gallon Water Tanks with Water Filler Valves

Plated Bogie-mounted Cab Steps

Slow Speed Speedo Drive

MECHANISM:

Five pole, twin shaft motor with two flywheels providing drive to both bogies

All axle drive

Electrical pickup from all wheels

Separate metal bearings fitted to each axle

Diecast metal chassis block and bogie towers

Diecast metal gearboxes, with gearing arranged for prototypical running speeds and haulage capabilities

5mm (OO gauge) wheels to NEM310&NEM311 standards with authentic profile and detailing

Detachable coupling pockets to NEM362 standards fitted to each bogie

Designed to operate on curves of second radius (438mm) or greater

DETAILING:

Bogies constructed from multiple components featuring full relief detail

Separately applied metal detail parts, including grab handles, windscreen wipers and etched fan grilles

Sprung metal buffers

Each model supplied with a full set of decorated, model-specific bufferbeam pipework and accessory parts

LIGHTING:

Directional lighting, switchable on/off at either end on DCC or Analogue control

Cab lighting*, assigned to two DCC functions for separate switching of each

Separately switched Engine Room lighting* (*when used on DCC)

Authentic light colours and temperatures selected for each model based on era and application

DCC:

Plux22 DCC decoder interface

SOUND:

Two quality speakers employed for optimum sound reproduction, fitted to every model as standard

LIVERY APPLICATION:

Authentic liveries applied to all models

Multiple paint applications employed on each model using BR specification colours

Logos, numerals and text added as appropriate using multi-stage tampo printing using authentic typefaces, logos and colours

CLASS 47 HISTORY

Towards the end of the 1950s, British Railways began planning a new fleet of diesel locomotives and after investigating several prototypes, BR decided to place an order with Brush Engineering for 20 locomotives during February 1961. The resulting design became the iconic Brush Type 4 Diesel locomotive, a practical, versatile design with a very distinctive cab. Powered with a Sulzer engine and initially rated at 2,750hp, the locomotive could achieve a top speed of 75mph with a tractive effort of 55,000lb. Building commenced in January 1962 and the first locomotive No. D1500 appeared in late September of the same year with test runs on the London Midland Region and Western Region. The design was a success and BR went on to order a total of 512 with continuous production through to early 1967, forming the largest single class of main-line diesel locomotives in the UK.

During this time and subsequent years, several variations appeared with an increase in speed and tractive effort to 95mph and 62,000lb respectively. Originally fitted with four character train reporting head-codes, these changed to marker lights, with the addition of high intensity lights and roof aerials in the late 1980s. Other variations involved the fitting of different types of steam heating boiler for early BR coaching stock, later replaced with electric train heating for use with modern rolling stock. The numbering system started with four figures but changed to five with the introduction of the TOPS coding system which saw the locomotives classified as Class 47 Diesels with variations such as 47/0, 47/2, 47/3, 47/4 and 47/7. By the end of the 1990s, half of the Class 47 fleet had been withdrawn or scrapped, 33 have been converted into Class 57 locomotives and several have been preserved, including the original No. D1500, now numbered 47401.

Accessory Pack
Cab Light
DCC Ready - Plux 22.
Directional Lighting
Engine Room Lighting
Era - 8
Gauge - 00
Length - 255mm
Livery - BR Large Logo Blue Faded NSE Logos
Minimum Radius - 2nd Radius
NEM Couplings
Running Number(s) - 47526
Sprung Buffers
Weathered

Manufacturer : Bachmann
SKU : 35-421
EAN : 803393068387