R30161 Transport for Wales, Class 67, Bo-Bo, 67020 - Era 11
Product Info
Class 67 locomotives are a class of Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives which were built for the English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) between 1999 and 2000 by Alstom at Meinfesa in Valencia, Spain with drive components from General Motors' Electro-Motive Division, builders of the Class 66. The bodyshell is a monocoque load-bearing Alstom design, the bogies are an "H" frame Alstom design, the engine, traction motors and control electronics are GM-EMD products.
Unlike the Class 66, the traction motors are frame mounted rather than axle hung to reduce unsprung mass and the gear ratio is increased allowing higher speeds which reflect the locomotives' mixed traffic brief. The cab design has a central driving position. Initially, the class were used primarily on mail trains. In June 2003 EWS lost the Royal Mail mail train contract, with services diminishing to complete cessation in March 2004. The locomotives have since been used by First ScotRail on the Caledonian Sleeper on non-electrified lines north of Edinburgh. In April 2015, GB Railfreight commenced a contract to haul the Caledonian Sleeper with 67004 repainted and renamed for use on the service.
When GB Railfreight started to provide the trains and crews for the Serco franchise in 2015, it was planned to use rebuilt Class 73/9s. The first of these came into service in February 2016. The Class 67s continued to be used on some services for another couple of years. Class 67s are also used as Thunderbird rescue locomotives for failed trains on the East Coast Main Line, on some freight trains and for use on chartered tourist trains. Two locomotives were assigned to, and received special liveries for, use with the Royal Train from 2003, and a third had a commemorative jubilee livery applied for use with the Royal Train during the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2012.
No. 67020 entered service in 2000 with a standard EWS red and yellow livery. The Class 67 locomotive was transferred to DB Cargo UK from EWS ownership in 2007. In October 2022, 67020 was transferred to Transport for Wales on lease from DB Cargo UK. To haul the TfW Mk4 coach sets, 67020 was repainted into a hybrid DB/TfW black and red livery with TfW branding.
Our model of No. 67020 features a sleek black and striking red hybrid TfW livery that is pleasing to the eye. This locomotive will be perfect coupled with any of our TfW Mk4 passenger coaches to make a full rake. Each model is DCC-ready with a 21-pin socket.
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Tech Specs
- Item Length - Without Packaging (cm)
- 25.9
- Item Height - Without Packaging (cm)
- 5.9
- Item Width - Without Packaging (cm)
- 11.2
- Item Weight - Without Packaging
- 0.87
- Item Scale
- 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
- Finish
- Painted
- Colour
- Red and Black
- Gauge
- OO
- DCC Status
- DCC Ready 21 pin socket
- Operator
- Transport for Wales
- Designer
- Alstom
- Wheel Configuration
- Bo-Bo
- Livery
- TfW Red and Black
- Minimum Curve (mm)
- Radius 2
- Motor
- 5 Pole Skew wound
- Number of Parts
- 1
- Class
- Class 67
- Buffer Type
- Metal Sprung Buffers
- Coupling Type
- NEM Couplings
- Hornby Decoder Compatibility Primary
- HM7000-21TXS: Bluetooth® & DCC Sound Decoder (21-pin)
Detailed scale model. Not suitable for children under 14 years. Please refer to safety notes in enclosed instruction leaflet. Colours and content may differ from those illustrated. Please retain these details and address for future reference.