Class 47 238 BR Blue

Class 47 238 BR Blue

1:76 scale model produced by Bachmann. This model is ready-to-run straight out of the box and would make a excellent addition to any model railway collection.

• Analogue DC Model
• This model mainly operates in British
• This model is decorated in BR company markings
• Bachmann Branchline OO Scale
• Era 8
• Pristine BR Blue livery
• Running No. 47238
• Equipped with a Plux22 DCC Decoder Socket – recommended Decoder item No. 36-570A
• Length 255mm
• Plated Headcode Panels with Sealed Beam Marker Lights at No. 2 End
• Single Bufferbeam Bracket denoting a Brush-built Machine
• Single Arm Windscreen Wipers
• High Intensity Headlight
• Round Buffers
• Full Cab Roof Vents
• Serck Radiator Grilles
• Ribbed Exhaust Panels
• Blanked Roof Boiler Port
• Water Tanks Removed
• Plated Bogie-mounted Cab Steps
• Slow Speed Speedo Drive
• Five pole, twin shaft motor with two flywheels providing drive to both bogies
• All axle drive
• Electrical pickup from all wheels
• Separate metal bearings fitted to each axle
• Diecast metal chassis block and bogie towers
• Diecast metal gearboxes, with gearing arranged for prototypical running speeds and haulage capabilities
• 16.5mm (OO gauge) wheels to NEM310 & NEM311 standards with authentic profile and detailing
• Detachable coupling pockets to NEM362 standards fitted to each bogie
• Precision moulded bodyshell and locomotive main frames, with numerous separately fitted parts including lamp irons, aerials and underframe components such as tanks, battery boxes and pipework
• Separately applied metal detail parts, including grab handles, cab-front footsteps windscreen wipers and etched fan grilles
• Bogies constructed from multiple components featuring full relief detail
• Sprung metal buffers
• Directional lighting, including illuminated headcode panels and high intensity headlights where applicable, switchable on/off at either end on DCC or Analogue control

Details

The British Rail Class 47, also known as the Brush Type 4, is a landmark diesel-electric locomotive of the 1960s built to modernise British Rail’s fleet. Between 1962 and 1968, 512 Class 47s were produced by Brush Traction (Falcon Works) in Loughborough and British Rail Crewe Works. They were developed as part of the British Transport Commission’s plan to eliminate steam traction by 1968, under the requirement for a Type 4 locomotive with an axle load under 19 long tons.

Each locomotive was fitted with a Sulzer 12LDA28-C twelve-cylinder engine, originally rated at 2,750 bhp (˜2,050 kW), later derated to 2,580 bhp to improve reliability. Class 47s have Co-Co wheel arrangement, and could be fitted with steam heating, electric train heating, or no heating, depending on sub-class. Under the TOPS numbering system introduced in the early 1970s, they were renumbered into the 47xxx series.

Over decades they hauled both passenger and freight services across all regions of Britain, becoming the most numerous mainline diesel class in the UK. Although many have since been withdrawn, a number remain in service, some have been preserved, and 33 were rebuilt into Class 57s between 1998 and 2004.