United Steel company - WGB2762 - 18 - DCC Sound Availability_Previous Run

United Steel company - WGB2762 - 18 - DCC Sound Availability_Previous RunThis attractively liveried Austerity was built in 1945 by W. G. Bagnall in Stafford and was one of the 377 locomotives built for the War Department and originally carried the number 75174. When demobbed, the locomotives was purchased by the United Steel Companies and put to work on the steelworks system at Scunthorpe. Externally a virtually standard Austerity, our model carries the heavy duty Yorkshire buffers that were fitted to the prototype when it

regularly featuring on the summer dated Norwich-Gt Yarmouth legs of services from London

‘Intercity’ branding was replaced by Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail branding

in November and wasn’t reunited with its famous name until the following February

The livery was further enhanced the following July by its naming British Steel Llanwern and the addition of British Steel crests and Cardiff Canton depot plaques

Main-line registered

while still giving you the maximum DCC functionality

The introduction of Class 156 ‘Super Sprinters’ on the West Highland from January 1989 and on the Far North/Kyle lines in the May triggered an exodus of Class 37/4s to freight work

PR26815 (ladder)

Still retaining the LT “cut cab” but having lost the trip cock brackets

even retaining the extra lamp iron on its plated nose doors

strapping and supports

Converted to Class 37/4 configuration in December 1985 its new specification included various cosmetic upgrades as well as electric train heat (ETH) capability rated at 30