Rapido Trains OO 926001 USATC 1604 S160 Class 2-8-0 Black Lettered USA On Loan to GWR

No.1604 had the honour of being the first S160 to be displayed publicly when on the 11^th December 1942 it was exhibited at Paddington station and officially handed over to Lord Leathers, Minister of War Transport, by Colonel N.A. Ryan, Chief of Transportation, US Army. Overall, the GWR had the largest number of S160 locomotives on loan, with a total of 174 locomotives operating across the GWR network. No.1604 was allocated to Newport Ebbw Junction Shed prior to transfer to the continent and use by the SNCB before scrapping in 1946/7.

£245.00

MRP £269.95

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No.1604 (GWR), black with U.S.A. on tender.

Livery- Black (satin) with U.S.A. on tender
Builder- ALCO, Schenectady - 1942
Shed allocation and region - Newport Ebbw Junction (NPT) - GWR
Date of model- December 1942

Model Specific Features

GWR lamp irons
Straight strap smokebox door fitted with GWR lamp iron
Westinghouse air pump
Pipework mounted behind chimney
Straight running boards
Right hand drive with pole reverser and original pattern firehole door
Standard wartime tender
Boiler-mounted ejector pipe fitted

Rapido Trains USATC S160 Class 2-8-0 Standard Features

Two factory-fitted speakers, one in the loco and another in the tender.
Dual LED firebox glow with dynamic fire draw effect.
Twin flywheel motor.
Detachable loco-to-tender connection.
Pickups fitted on both the loco and tender.
21-pin DCC Decoder socket fitted.

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