EFE Rail E85505 WD Austerity Saddle Tank 195 Longmoor Military Railway Lined Blue Dcc Ready (N Gauge)

Since the early-1940s the War Department Austerity Saddle Tank has been a common sight on Britain’s railways – playing a vital role in the Allied victory of World War Two before becoming a mainstay of industrial operations and, more recently, heritage railways. Unveiled as part of the EFE Rail range, the WD Austerity Saddle Tank is a fitting subject as the brand’s first N scale steam locomotive.

This all-new model is a high-fidelity miniature recreation of the prototype, sporting details such as metal handrails, sand boxes and pipes, brake hangers and separately fitted brake rigging, and a decorated cab backhead. Daylight is visible beneath the boiler, just as it should be, below which a representation of the inside motion has been moulded onto the chassis. The model is powered by a coreless motor, with electrical pickup from all wheels whilst each axle runs in a pair of separate metal bearings. DCC provision is by way of a 6 pin decoder socket located in the cab, however due to the limited space available a very small decoder such as the Bachmann 6 Pin Micro decoder (36-571) is required for this model.

Depicting a locomotive that has remained in military use and went on to operate on the Longmoor Military Railway (LMR) is No. 195 in the LMR’s attractive Lined Blue livery.

MODEL FEATURES:

• EFE Rail N Scale
• Era 5
• Pristine Longmoor Military Railway Lined Blue livery
• Running No. 195
• Accessory Pack
• NEM Coupling Pockets
• Powerful Coreless Motor
• Equipped with a 6 Pin (Micro) DCC Decoder Socket – recommended Decoder item No. 36-571
• Length 63mm