Class 55 'Deltic' - BR Blue - 55004 - Queen's Own HighlanderNumber: 55004
- Battery Louvres: Yes
- Bogies Fitted: Cast
- Brakes: Dual
- Cab Roof Bolts: No
- Cabside window: Plated
- Exhaust Style: Revised
- Exhauster Panel : Yes
- Fan: Revised
- Headcode: Plated
- Headlights: No
- Horn Position: Nose
- Sandboxes: No
- Top Lamp Iron: Yes
- Train Heating: ETH/Steam
- Walkway Style: Late
- Water Filler: No
- Wipers Fitted: Four
- WS Vents : Yes
English Electric Type 5 - Class 55 'Deltic'
Few locomotives have captured the imaginations of enthusiasts quite like British Rail’s English Electric Type 5/class 55 ‘Deltics’. First introduced in 1961, their twin Napier Deltic engines generated 3,300 horsepower, making them the most powerful single unit diesel locomotives yet produced at that time. With a top speed of 100 miles per hour, the Deltics were worthy successors to the famous express steam locomotives of Gresley, Peppercorn and Thompson on BR’s East Coast Main Line, working top link services such as the Flying Scotsman, the Talisman and the Aberdonian. The arrival of the HST in the 1970s displaced the Deltics from their old stamping ground, but the locomotives found further use on cross-country routes. A special return working from King’s Cross to Edinburgh on January 2nd, 1982 heralded the end for the Deltics in service, but with six locomotives preserved and operating on mainline railtours and heritage railways, the legend lives on...
Common Features:
- Highly detailed OO scale model, 1:76.2
- Die-cast Tungsten Alloy metal chassis
- Provided DCC ready [21Pin MTX Socket] or Factory DCC Sound Fitted
- Timeframe specific details, including but not limited to;
- Bogies (Cast and Fabricated)
- Horn positions
- Exhaust ports
- Headcode panels
- Windscreen wipers
- Cab side windows
- Sandbox hatches
- Louvres
- Headlights
- Cab air vents
- Train heating equipment
- Lamp irons
- Shed codes
- Separately applied etched metal and high fidelity plastic detail parts, including grab handles, steps, wipers, nameplates, crests and more.
- Correct height mini-tension-lock couplers with NEM socket as well as a fully detailed bufferbeam
- High Performance traction, to include;
- Five-Pole motor with two flywheels
- Metal Helical Gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running
- Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 120 mph (193 km/h)
- DCC ready with PowerPack capacitor for uninterrupted power
- All wheel drive and all wheel pickup
- Fully detailed Lighting Pack, including:
- Directional lighting, DC and DCC
- Marker lights can be turned off when train is coupled to loco
- High intensity headlight function where applicable
- Separately switched cab lighting and illuminated, details driver’s console, auto off on movement
- Engine bay lighting
- RP25-110 wheels OO wheels with provision for re-gauging to p4 and EM gauge
- Two quality speakers with large sound capsules for best possible sound (*on sound fitted models)
- Fully sprung metal buffers
- Extra fine factory-fitted pipework
Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd Radius Set-track)