Rapido 926506 OO Gauge USATC S160 2-8-0 No.5820 'Big Jim' Grey As Preserved DCC Sound Fitted

Name: Cheltenham Model Centre
Telephone: +44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644

Product Code: 926506

Manufacturer Number: 926506
Condition: New
Category: Model Railways, Locomotives, Steam Locomotives
Brand: Rapido
Range: Rapido 2024
Loco Class: S160
Era: Era 10: Post Privatisation 2010 - Onwards
Livery: Grey
Scale: 1:76
Gauge: OO
DCC Type: DCC Sound Fitted
DCC Pin: 21 Pin

£322.95

Loco Weathering

Have this loco weathered. We'll copy pictures of the real locomotive unless requested. You can send an email or add a note to the bottom of your order if you are after a specific finish and this price includes whatever finish you'd like. If you have any questions please ask.

£25.00

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No.5820 was built by Lima in 1945 and sent straight to Poland as part of the war effort. At the end of hostilities the engine was taken into Polish State Railways stock as TR203-474 and later gained an ALCO boiler from another class member. The engine was mostly based at the Katowice steam shed in Silesia, but was eventually withdrawn and preserved at the Polish Railway Museum in Warsaw. An approach by a member of the Diplomatic Corps in the late 1970s led to the engine being made available for purchase and use on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

It arrived in November 1977 and entered traffic the following year with its Polish number and livery. The engine briefly ran on the mainline, working to Shipley to turn on the triangle, ready for filming 'Yanks' for which the engine was repainted in original livery and number 5820. Following a period out of use from 1992 the engine returned to service in 2014, operating regularly until the expiry of its boiler certificate in 2023. During this period it carried its original number and livery.

Tooling variations
- Standard lamp irons
- Straight strap smokebox door
- PKP air pump with short smokebox handrail
- Stepped running boards on right hand side
- Right hand drive with screw reverser and original pattern firehole door
- Cab rear shutters fitted
- Tender with lockers and coal space storage
- Ejector fitted to right hand side of smokebox
- Boiler-mounted ejector pipe fitted
- Alternate piston valve covers fitted

Livery - Light grey (satin) with Transportation Corps U.S.A. on tender.
Manufacturer - Lima Locomotive Works, Ohio, 1945
Repatriation date - November 1977
Current location - Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
Date of model- 2014 to present

- Two factory-fitted speakers, one in the loco and another in the tender.
- Dual LED firebox glow with dynamic fire draw effect.
- Twin flywheel motor.
- Detachable loco-to-tender connection.
- Pickups fitted on both the loco and tender.
- 21-pin DCC Decoder socket fitted.

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We have been in business for over 40 with the shop located in a few different places around the town in that time. We are now located at the Eastern end of Cheltenham High Street.

As well as stocking the latest plastic kit, diecast and model railway releases we have a big selection of slot cars and modelling tools.

We are able to carry out repairs on radio control cars & model railway locos, including DCC & DCC Sound fitting.

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Cheltenham Model Centre

39 High Street
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 1DX
England

+44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644
sales@cheltenhammodelcentre.com

Rapido 926506 OO Gauge USATC S160 2-8-0 No.5820 'Big Jim' Grey As Preserved DCC Sound Fitted

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