408493/1957 - British Rail No. 20 - BR Rail Blue

408493/1957 - British Rail No. 20 - BR Rail BlueRuston 408493 was built new for British Railways Western Region, for use at the Signalling & Telecommunications Department workshops at Reading and was delivered on 19 January 1957. Taking the Departmental number 20, the locomotive spent its entire lifetime at Reading, housed under the Vastern Road bridge when not in use. Renumbered in 1973 under TOPS, to 97020, withdrawal came in April 1981 and the shunter was disposed of at Reading by Cartrights of

which involved significant reworking of the brake end gangways and the replacement of several windows with grilles

housed under the Vastern Road bridge when not in use

A variable PWM pulse frequency ranging from 10 kHz to 50 kHz assures perfect silent operation

1979-2000's

Kinetic NEM coupler mounts at correct height with mini-tension-lock couplers provided with scale Instanters included

lamp brackets

and were linked to Staiths situated at Leamington by two separate railway branches

One of the hits of our first Class 37 production run was D6704 in BR green with full yellow ends

In the versions with PluX22 or 21MTC interface

22216 A1 DMSO

After 12 years of service with NR and some 54 years after being delivered to Tinsley as D5817 in October 1961

Heavy Die-cast metal chassis