R3917 BR, Class 31, A1A-A1A, D5627 - Era 5
Product Info
D5627 entered traffic on 23 June 1960 allocated to Ipswich Shed and the locomotive spent much of its early career operating in the East of England, with additional allocations to Stratford, March and Finsbury Park. Numbered 31203 under the TOPS scheme, from the late 1970s 31203 operated from Bescot and Immingham on freight duties, before moving to Civil Engineer duties in the 1990s.
Placed into storage in July 2000, 31203 was purchased for preservation by Les Emery and was restored at the Chasewater Railway, before being moved to the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway where the locomotive was named Steve Organ G.M on 26 July 2009.
Welcome to the HM7000 Control System
HM7000 is an innovative way of controlling and operating model railways. Combining Bluetooth® technology and app-based control, the HM7000 Control System has been designed to revolutionise the controlling of a model railway.
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- Bluetooth® Connectivity
- Free Sounds
- Quick CV Editing
- Multiple Control Options
- 40+ Profile Settings
- Other Options
Upgrade Paths
Previous Control Systems can be upgraded to HM7000, see below for the options and upgrade paths available.
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Train Set > HM7000
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HM6000 > HM7000
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Conventional DCC Controller > HM7000
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HM7000 Products
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What's Inside
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Tech Specs
- Item Length - Without Packaging (cm)
- 22.5
- Item Height - Without Packaging (cm)
- 11.2
- Item Width - Without Packaging (cm)
- 36.2
- Item Weight - Without Packaging
- 0.68
- Item Scale
- 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
- License
- No
- Finish
- Painted
- Colour
- Green
- Gauge
- OO
- DCC Status
- DCC Ready 8 pin socket
- Operator
- Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway
- Designer
- Brush Traction
- Livery
- BR Green
- Minimum Curve (mm)
- Radius 2
- Motor
- 5 Pole Skew wound
- Number of Parts
- 1
- Motor
- 5 pole skew wound
- Class
- Class 31
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