Hornby R30433 RailRoad BR Late B17 Darlington No.61652 Steam Locomotive

Product Info
Here come the footballers! This BR (Late) - B17 Class - 61652 'Darlington' will make a handsome addition to your OO gauge railway. With features such as wide tension lock couplings and an accessory pack including vacuum pipes, this smart Footballer Class locomotive is also DCC ready with a 21-pin socket so you can upgrade to HM7000 control.
History
The ‘B17’ Class was also known as either the ‘Sandringham’ Class or the ‘Footballer’ Class, depending on which name it carried. Designed by Nigel Gresley for passenger services on the Great Eastern Main Line, 73 were built between 1928 and 1937, 52 of them at the LNER’s Darlington Works and the remainder supplied by private builders North British in Glasgow and Robert Stephenson & Co. in Newcastle.
Built as No. 2852 in 1936, it became 61652 under BR and is one of the ‘Footballers’, carrying the crest of Darlington Football Club and a football beneath its nameplate. It is finished in BR Green with the late crest on the tender.
What's Inside
1x Model Steam Locomotive, 1x Accessory Pack (includes vacuum pipes), 1x Instructions
Tech Specs
Item Length - Without Packaging (cm) - 25.4
Item Height - Without Packaging (cm) - 5.5
Item Width - Without Packaging (cm) - 3.5
Item Scale - 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
Finish - Painted
Colour - Green
Gauge - OO
DCC Status - DCC Ready 21 pin socket
Operator - BR
Designer - Gresley
Minimum Curve (mm) - Radius 2
Number of Parts - 1
Class - B17 Class
Buffer Type - Moulded Plastic Buffers
Coupling Type - Wide Tension Lock