Hornby R30367 BR (Early) Class J52 0-6-0ST No.68873 DCC Ready, OO Gauge

Hornby R30367

BR (Early) Class J52
0-6-0ST No.68873
21 Pin DCC Ready
OO Gauge

• New Tooling - High detail OO Gauge model based on extensive research and original works drawings.
• Diecast Boiler, Chassis and Running Plate. Model Weight is 235 grams.
• High detail cab and fully decorated backhead with decorated instrument dials.
• Decoder controlled firebox flicker. (decoder sold separately).
• HM7000 21-Pin sound decoder compatible.
• HM7000 Power Bank compatible.
• Powerful 5 Pole Skew wound motor.
• Pogo pin wheel pickup arrangement for easy pickup servicing.
• Diecast connecting rods.
• Prototypical size metal handrails with brass stanchions.
• Oilite main drive bearings.
• Opening cab roof vent.
• Sprung metal buffers.
• Front and Rear NEM coupling pocket. Rear coupling pocket had a close coupling mechanism.
• Wheel pickups on all wheels.
• Accessory bag contains vacuum pipes, lamps and couplings.
• Separately fitted lamps. Lamp code can be changed.
• Separately fitted simulated coal load.

No. 68873 was built in 1905 at Doncaster Works and entered service with the Great Northern Railway as No. 1274, initially allocated locally at Doncaster goods yard. 

After becoming LNER No. 4274 in 1924, it was later renumbered as 8873 and made it into BR service in 1948 as No. 68873. Its allocations also included King’s Cross, Hornsey and Colwick, before being condemned in September 1955.

The model is finished in plain black with BR early ‘cycling lion’ crest as applied in the 1950s, with the five-digit number on the increased-capacity bunker sides. The locomotive also has the later-type safety valves and steam injectors.