R30430 RailRoad: Class 08 - EWS - 08512
Product Info
This RailRoad Class 08 Shunter is the ideal model for arranging wagons in a goods yard and is suitable for OO gauge model railway layouts large or small. It comes DCC-ready with a Next 18-pin plug, so you can upgrade it to run on DCC or with our HM7000 Bluetooth-controlled system, which also includes sound via a speaker inside the locomotive.
History
The Class 08 350hp diesel electric shunter was the standard BR general-purpose shunting locomotive with 996 examples built between 1952 and 1962. They could be found shunting large marshalling yards and smaller goods depots. With the decline in the handling of individual goods wagons and the need to assemble trains, by 2000 there were just 100 left in service, with large numbers either scrapped, exported, or sold into industrial use.
Many of these useful locomotives found their way into the fleets of freight-operating companies. Our 08512 model locomotive is depicted as a typical EWS fleet member in the company’s eye-catching red and gold colour scheme.
What's Inside
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Tech Specs
- Item Length - Without Packaging (cm)
- 12.4
- Item Height - Without Packaging (cm)
- 5.5
- Item Width - Without Packaging (cm)
- 3.5
- Item Scale
- 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
- License
- Yes
- DCC Status
- DCC Ready Next 18 pin socket
- Operator
- EWS
- Designer
- BR
- Minimum Curve (mm)
- Radius 2
- Number of Parts
- 1
- Buffer Type
- Moulded Plastic Buffers
- Coupling Type
- Wide Tension Lock
WARNING Not suitable for children under 36 months. It contains small parts which can present a choking hazard. Please retain these details and the address for future reference. CAUTION Please remove all packaging before giving the toy to a child.