372-160 Farish N Gauge Lner 06 Class 3518 Lner Black New DCC Ready

372-160 GRAHAM FARISH N GAUGE LONDON NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY 06 CLASS NUMBERED 3518 IN LNER BLACK LIVERY. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LOCOMOTIVE. The 8F design incorporated the two-cylinder arrangement of the Black Fives. They were initially classified 7F, but this was later changed to the more familiar 8F. The War Department had 208 8Fs built by Beyer Peacock and North British Locomotive Company and requisitioned 51 more.

Stanier 8F production for the WD continued until 1943 when the cheaper WD Austerity 2-8-0 was introduced. Production for British domestic use continued until 1946. Some 331 locomotives were built for the London Midland and Scottish Railway between 1935-45.

A further 245 were built by the London and North Eastern Railway, Great Western Railway and Southern Railway in 1943-45 for LMS stock, though mostly retained on loan by the other railways during the war. WHATS INCLUDED WITH THE MODEL. A brand new 372-160 N Gauge Stanier 8F 3518.

Removed from its box only for photographs.

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