C12 Tank 67356 British Railways Black (DCC-Sound)

C12 Tank 67356 British Railways Black (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.

Features:

• DCC Sound Model
• This model mainly operates in Britain
• This model is decorated in BR company markings
• LNER C12 4-4-2 Tank No.67356
• British Railways
• Tall chimney and dome
• Ross Pop safety valves
• Square tank edges
• Parallel buffers
• Numberplate on smokebox door
• And many more variant parts
• Dynamic firebox flicker
• E24 DCC decoder socket
• MoPower stay-alive capacitors
• Factory-fitted speakers in all models
• Sprung buffers
• Museum quality paint finish
• Smooth & powerful mechanism

Details

Local passenger services in the West Riding of Yorkshire required new, reliable locomotives, and Great Northern Railway locomotive designer Henry Ivatt provided the answer. He adopted the GNR’s already proven Atlantic 4-4-2 wheel arrangement, creating what became the C2 Class tank engine.

The first ten locomotives were built at Doncaster Works in 1898, and their success encouraged the GNR to continue construction in batches of ten until the final, 60th member of the class was completed in 1907. The last fifty examples were equipped with condensing apparatus, making them suitable for the tunnels of the Metropolitan Widened Lines in London.

When the newer N1 Class was introduced, the London-based C2s lost some of their heavier suburban and Widened Lines duties but remained valuable performers on lighter trains. Their displacement continued with the arrival of the more powerful N2 Class in 1920. Even so, the C2s were still remarkably capable for their modest size and were widely reallocated from 1922 onwards to locations such as Leeds, Peterborough, Grantham and Bradford.

Following the 1923 Grouping, the class entered LNER ownership and was reclassified as the C12 Class. Under the LNER, their sphere of operation expanded significantly beyond traditional GNR territory. In the early 1930s, ten C12s were transferred to Hull Botanic Gardens, with six more following soon after.

Withdrawals began modestly, with ten locomotives scrapped during 1937–38, while the remainder were reallocated across a wide portion of the LNER system — including the Manchester District, sheds of the former Great Eastern Railway, and the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway. Only one further locomotive was withdrawn before Nationalisation in 1948, leaving forty-nine C12s to pass into British Railways ownership.

A compact yet powerful class, the C12 remained versatile throughout its working life — a favourite among enthusiasts and a perfect subject for detailed model railway reproductions.