Accurascale Class 37 37902 'British Steel Llanwern' Triple Grey - DCC Sound

Class 37 37902 'British Steel Llanwern' Triple Grey Metals Sector - DCC Sound

Features:

• Provided Factory DCC Sound Fitted [ESU LokSound 5]
• ESU LokSound V5 DCC Chip
• Customised Dual-Speaker Technology with;
• Large Accurathrash Bass Speaker
• Smaller 'iphone' style cube for higher frequencies
• Every model includes PowerPack / Backup Power Capacitor Bank for up to ten seconds of power free running, flicker free lighting and continuous sound as well as independently controlled, smooth coreless motorised fan.
• Directional lighting on DC and DCC
• Fully functional Headlights per prototype
• Engine Bay Lighting (with visible Prime Mover)
• Separately switched cab lighting and illuminated, details driver’s console, auto off on movement
• Switchable red tail lights
• Heavy die-cast metal chassis
• High-quality 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 100 mph (160 km/h)
• DCC ready with PowerPack Super-capacitor for uninterrupted power and super low speed running
• All wheel drive and all wheel pickup
• Fully sprung metal buffers, extra-fine factory-installed pipework and screw couplings
• Correct height mini-tension-lock couplers with NEM socket as well as a fully detailed bufferbeam

- OO Scale

Released to traffic in repowered form at the same time as Mirrlees Pioneer in October 1986, 37902 was rebuilt from 37148/D6848 and other than niggling silencer and turbocharger issues quickly showed the impressive reliability and fuel efficiency of the MB275T and Brush BA1005A alternator combination. Like several members of the Class 37/9 sub class it was initially repainted in the unbranded version of the new Roundel-designed triple-grey Railfreight image, and retained this appearance until the first months of 1991 when Metals sub sector branding was applied. The livery was further enhanced the following July by its naming British Steel Llanwern and the addition of British Steel crests and Cardiff Canton depot plaques. The name lasted just 15 months before being removed during a period of store and swapped onto 56054. Returned to traffic in early 1993, the locomotive retained its plaques into 1997, and was a regular performer on steel trains into the Midlands into the early EWS era. One of the last pair to be retired in January 1999 along with No. 37906, there would be no EWS heritage fleet reprieve and preservation for 37902. While there was a brief burst of optimism in 2002 when it was purchased by Direct Rail Services as an engine test bed, plans for a return to service were quashed and it was despatched to Sims Metals at Beeston in March 2005 for disposal.

UK Delivery:

In stock items are usually despatched within 1-2 working days of ordering.