Peckett Cranmore 0-4-0 Lined Green (DCC-Fitted)

Peckett Cranmore 0-4-0 Lined Green (DCC-Fitted)

Details:

The 009 Gauge Peckett & Sons Cranmore Class 0-4-0ST brings a distinctive piece of British industrial narrow gauge railway history to the model railway. This highly detailed model is available in a variety of liveries and configurations, including fully enclosed and half-back cabs, as well as ‘early’ and ‘late’ style dome covers. Alongside Gamecock, the range includes eight colourful liveries inspired by well-known narrow gauge railway schemes and liveries used on the 009 Kerr, Stuart & Co. Sirdar range, providing plenty of opportunities to create a varied industrial locomotive fleet.

Designed with both operation and customisation in mind, the Cranmore Class features six wiper pick-ups and a compact coreless motor with flywheel for smooth running. Four easily accessible screws secure the body, making servicing and customisation straightforward. A comprehensive detail bag is also included, containing a selection of easy-to-fit parts including dumb buffers, vacuum brake equipment, a chimney-mounted lubricator and front steps. With numerous possible combinations of detailing parts and body configurations, this 009 Gauge Peckett offers an engaging opportunity for modellers to create a personalised industrial locomotive.

Features:

• 009 Gauge Peckett & Sons ‘What If’ Large Tank Cranmore Class 0-4-0
• Peckett Standard Livery
• Early Style Dome with Salter Safety Valves
• Half back cab
• Short ‘Hook and Loop’ compatible coupling factory-fitted
• Detail bag of optional parts for full customisation, including full-length ‘Hook and Loop’ coupling
• Suitable for operation on 1st radius curves (228mm or greater)
• 6-pin DCC decoder socket
• Museum quality paint finish
• Smooth & powerful mechanism
• Highly detailed
• NEM coupler pockets

Historical Background

Peckett & Sons of Bristol built a strong reputation for producing reliable industrial locomotives, with saddle tanks forming a significant part of their output. Alongside standard designs, the company also produced bespoke locomotives for customers with more specialised requirements.

One such locomotive was Works No. 1030, a 2ft gauge 0-4-0 built in 1904 for the Mendip Granite & Asphalt Company to a design that became known as the Cranmore Class. Originally named Cranmore and finished in Works Grey, the locomotive was modified before delivery with an enclosed cab, brass nameplates and Peckett's Standard Green livery, and entered service as Gamecock. The locomotive was based at Cranmore Station near Shepton Mallet, Somerset, where it worked in connection with a narrow-gauge line linking the local quarries with the GWR network, allowing quarried stone to be transported further afield.

Gamecock was even featured in Peckett's advertising material, photographed being transported to its destination by road on a wagon hauled by a traction engine. The locomotive remained at Cranmore for many years before eventually being scrapped, although the exact date is unknown. The Cranmore Class continued to be built in small numbers, with locomotives supplied in different gauges and to various customers around the world. One 2ft 6in gauge example survives today at the Puffing Billy Railway in Melbourne, Australia, providing a fascinating link to this distinctive class of Peckett industrial locomotive.