HR Big Goods 4-6-0 No.104 Drummond Green 1900s (DCC-Sound)

HR Big Goods 4-6-0 No.104 Drummond Green 1900s (DCC-Sound)

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

Details

Step back to the golden age of Highland Railway operations with the Rapido Trains UK OO Gauge Highland Railway 'Jones Goods' 4-6-0 No. 104. Finished in the attractive Drummond Green livery and representing the locomotive in its early twentieth-century condition, this highly detailed 1:76 scale (OO gauge) model faithfully recreates one of Britain's most historically significant steam locomotive classes.

As the first successful 4-6-0 locomotive design to operate in the United Kingdom, the Highland Railway 'Jones Goods' became renowned for its power, reliability and ability to handle demanding duties across the Scottish Highlands. Rapido's model captures the distinctive appearance of No. 104 during the 1900s, featuring long smokebox door straps, smokebox wing plates, a characteristic louvre chimney, original-style safety valve, tender-mounted gong and the correct short tender tank complete with toolbox.

Built to the highest standards, this OO gauge model boasts a museum-quality paint finish and an impressive level of separately fitted detail. Beneath the finely detailed bodywork is a smooth and powerful mechanism designed for dependable operation, enhanced by Rapido's MoPower Stay Alive system for uninterrupted running over points, crossings and less-than-perfect track.

The model is DCC Fitted with a 21-pin decoder and includes a factory-fitted sound speaker, making sound installation straightforward for digital modellers. Additional features such as sprung buffers and NEM coupler pockets ensure both realism and operational flexibility.

Perfect for Highland Railway, pre-grouping and Edwardian-era layouts, the Rapido Trains UK Jones Goods No. 104 is an exceptional representation of a locomotive that helped shape the future of British steam locomotive design.

Features:

• 1:76 Scale Model
• DCC Sound Model
• This model mainly operates in Scotland
• Decorated in HR company markings
• Best suited to 438mm radius curves
• Highland Railway ‘Jones Goods’ 4-6-0
• HR Drummond Green No. 104 (1900s condition)
• Long smokebox door straps
• Smokebox wing plates
• Louvre chimney
• Short tender tank with toolbox
• Original style safety valve
• Tender gong
• 21-pin decoder socket
• Sprung buffers
• Museum quality paint finish
• Factory-fitted sound speaker
• Smooth & powerful mechanism
• MoPower Stay Alive included
• Highly detailed

Historical Background

The Highland Railway Jones Goods 4-6-0 holds a unique place in British railway history as the first successful 4-6-0 locomotive design to operate in the United Kingdom. While later classes such as the LMS Black Five, LMS Jubilee, Southern Railway King Arthur and Great Western Railway's famous 4-6-0s would make the wheel arrangement iconic, it was the Highland Railway that pioneered the concept in Britain during the late Victorian era.

Introduced in 1894 under the leadership of Highland Railway Chief Engineer David Jones, the design was actually inspired by his Chief Draughtsman, David Anderson Hendrie, who recognised the potential of the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement already proving successful overseas. Built by Sharp, Stewart & Co. of Glasgow, fifteen locomotives entered service as Nos. 103–117 and quickly became known as the "Big Goods".

Featuring 20-inch by 26-inch cylinders, 5ft 3½in driving wheels and an impressive tractive effort of over 24,000lbs, the Jones Goods was perfectly suited to the demanding routes of the Scottish Highlands. Initially working between Perth and Inverness, the class later operated across much of the Highland Railway network, including services to Kyle of Lochalsh, north of Inverness and along the Aviemore Direct line.

The locomotives became renowned for their strength, reliability and versatility, handling both freight and passenger duties. During the First World War, they played a vital role hauling military traffic and supplies destined for the Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow.

Following the 1923 Grouping, the class passed into LMS ownership, where they continued to provide valuable service until the final locomotive was withdrawn in 1940. Remarkably, pioneer locomotive No. 103 survived into preservation and even returned to operation during the 1960s for railtours and film work before becoming a treasured museum exhibit.