Ace Trains E/30-B2 "Duke" GWR Class 4-4-0 GW Unlined Green w/ Black Curved Frame & Churchward Tender Steam Locomotive
Product Details
| SKU | ACE-E/30-B2 |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Ace Trains |
| Categories | Ace Trains Best selling products In stock Items Latest Releases Locomotives New products O Gauge Latest Releases O Gauge Locomotives O Gauge scale O Gauge Steam Locomotives Steam Locomotives |
| Scale | O Gauge |
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Product Description
Box Specification:
- All metal construction
- Precision engineered
- Churchward Tender Edition
- Curved Frame
- Individually tested by ACE Trains
- All wheels flanged
- Sprung Buffers
- 2 Rail or 3 Rail Running (Switchable)
- Operates on 0-20V DC
- Will run on radii down to 2ft
- Full detailed authentic coal load fitted in the tender.
About ACE Trains
ACE Trains have established their products as the most desirable and collectable O gauge model trains available today – faithful to time honoured traditions of craftsmanship and attention to detail, which were established in the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
History
The Great Western Railway 3252 or the "Duke" Class were 4-4-0 steam locomotives with outside frames and parallel domed boilers. They were built in five batches between 1895 and 1899 for the express passenger train work of Devon and Cornwall. William Dean
was their designer, possibly with the collaboration of his assistant, George Jackson Churchward. The class led a long lifespan, remaining in use with the GWR into the 1930s where they were relegated onto the ex-Cambrian Railways mainline, which debarred the use of the heavier locomotives. Then passed into BR ownership, and were eventually all
scrapped by the end of 1951.