Heljan's newly tooled range of O Gauge Class 02 diesel shunting locomotives have now arrived in stock here at Rails!
This high-spec new model of these diminutive little industrial shunters are now available, with the range including all sorts of variations in BR green, BR blue and industrial liveries. Standard features include a powerful motor and flywheel, 21-pin DCC decoder interface, factory fitted speaker, separately switchable shunting and cab interior lights and super-fine detail throughout.
With a colourful selection of BR, industrial and preserved liveries scheduled for Batch 1, there's something for all tastes. And with high quality, high specification four-wheel diesel shunters in short supply for O gauge we expect them to be very popular!
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Product Features
Highly detailed model with separately fitted parts including handrails, headlamps, lamp irons, wipers and more
High performance chassis with all-wheel drive and pickups
Digital & Sound capability - 21-pin decoder socket with space included for a speaker
Separately switchable LED marker lights and cab lights
External features will include authentic detail variations.
Highly-detailed cab interior and underframe, separate handrails, door handles and pipework.
Etched Yorkshire Engine Co. worksplates.
Prototype Information
These tiny four-wheeled shunters were designed to reach the places other locomotives could not; with a wheelbase of just 6ft they were able to tackle sharply curved lines in streets, docks, warehouses and factories and even use traditional wagon turntables. They were a direct replacement for the legendary Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway βPugβ 0-4-0STs working dock lines in Liverpool, Manchester and beyond.
Around 50 similar locomotives were built for industrial railways, in many cases with electric rather than hydraulic transmission. As the work they were built for vanished in the 1960s, many of the 20-strong class found further work in industry, with some surviving well into the 1980s before being rescued for preservation. Highly regarded by crews for their Rolls-Royce engine, all-round visibility and unique (for a BR locomotive) rear platform for shunting staff, they continue to play a useful role in shunting and engineering work at heritage railways. One locomotive, D2860, was even claimed by the National Railway Museum as the perfect shunter for its Great Hall in York.