HMR-R30397 HORNBY BR Late - CLASS J52 - 68846 OO-Scale DCC-Ready

HMR-R30397
R30397
Hornby
OO Scale
Class J52
BR Late #68846
DCC-Ready
(Requires a 21-Pin DCC Decoder)

• Colour: Black
• Gauge: OO
• DCC Status: DCC Ready 21 pin socket
• Operator: BR
• Designer: Henry Ivatt
• Wheel Configuration: 0-6-0
• Livery: BR Black
• Minimum Curve (mm): Radius 2
• Motor: 5 Pole Skew wound
• Number of Parts: 1
• Class: Class J52
• Buffer Type: Metal Sprung Buffers
• Coupling Type: NEM Couplings
  
  

  This locomotive entered service as one of Henry Ivatt’s ‘J13’ Class as No. 1247, having been built under contract by Sharp, Stewart in 1899. It became LNER ‘J52’ 4247 at the Grouping in 1923, and later 8846 under the LNER’s 1946 renumbering scheme.

  It entered BR service as 68846 and was withdrawn from King’s Cross ‘Top Shed’ in May 1959, at which point it became the first preserved locomotive to be bought directly from BR when Captain W.G. Smith acquired it. It is now part of the National Collection and restored as GNR 1247.