027 - A Class Locomotive - Supertrain

027 - A Class Locomotive - SupertrainA Class Locomotive 027 in CIE Supertrain Livery No staff snatchers; CAWS without protective guards; toughened glass windscreens Common Features: Highly detailed OO scale model Heavy Die Cast metal chassis Separately applied steel detail parts, including grab handles, steps, wipers and more Correct height mini tension lock couplers with NEM socket Five Pole motor with two flywheels Metal Helical Gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running

Based on 3D scan of 7808 Cookham Manor and full works drawings provided by Great Western Society

Three styles of nose grilles: as built

It was delivered in December that year to Rawnsley loco shed

and 3 'Inner' Wagons

The name lasted just 15 months before being removed during a period of store and swapped onto 56054

it lost its Hercules name in order to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the composer Sir Edward Elgar – who had no connection with Brunel’s famous railway

This pack of 6 Coaches

it can be seen here with the current day ‘europorte’ branding removed

Original Chimney

NEM coupler pockets fitted with narrow tension lock couplers

One of three BSO to transfer to departmental use and one of just a handful of coaches to be repainted in the grey/yellow ‘Dutch’ livery

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