Ace Trains E/42-B Patriot Class "The Unknown Warrior" 4-6-0 LMS Gloss Lined Maroon No. 5551 Steam Locomotive

Box Specification:

• Coarse Scale O Gauge
• All metal construction
• Precision engineered
  
• Flywheel Drive
• Custom Made Gearbox
• Individually tested by ACE Trains
• All wheels flanged
• Sprung Buffers
• 2 Rail or 3 Rail Running (Switchable)
• Operates on 0-20V DC
• Detailed cab back-head with firebox glow
• Will run on radii down to 2ft
• Working front lights

About ACE Trains

ACE Trains have established their products as the most desirable and collectable Coarse Scale 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 Patriot was a class of 52 express passenger steam locomotives built for the London Midland and Scottish Railway. These 52 locomotives had a quite varied history, and although they can be considered as being introduced in 1930, under the supervision of Henry Fowler, they were based on the ex-LNWR ‘Claughton’ class 4-6-0, and officially described as rebuilds thereof. In Fowler’s Patriot design of 1930, some locomotives retained the wheels and other chassis details of the ‘Claughton’ design. The intermediate traffic types so produced were also known as the “Baby Scot” class, and the similarity in design of the parallel boiler versions was unmistakable.

By the time British Railways had taken over ownership, further work on the class had resulted in the appearance of 18 engines with the LMS No. 2A boiler, and double blast-pipe and chimney, under the direction of H.G. Ivatt. The intention overall was to modify the three classes of Patriot, Jubilee and Royal Scot 4-6-0’s, in such a way that they became one class.

The 52 Patriots were residents of the North West for the greater part of their lives – in 1950 only seven could be seen outside this area, at Willesden, Camden and Bushbury. Most were stabled at Crewe North, and Carlisle Upperby, and the position was much the same by the mid-fifties, although Holyhead and Warrington had lost their allocations. Longsight, and Edge Hill still maintained a number, but with the increasing use of diesels in the late fifties, and the expansion of electrification, suitable work was beginning to disappear. By 1964, only five remained in service, four of which were shared between Carlisle Upperby and Kingmoor sheds, whilst Holyhead retained 45530. None were in service at January 1st 1967.