N Gauge Farish 372-628A LMS Ivatt 2MT 46447 BR Lined Black Loco

372-628A LMS Ivatt 2MT 46447 BR Lined Black Loco. Brand new item from our New Yorkshire model railway shop.

Pristine BR Lined Black (Late Crest) livery. DCC Ready (It is NOT DCC fitted). Speaker Fitted (If you wish to add a sound decoder). Equipped with a Next18 DCC Decoder Socket. With construction commencing in 1946, just twenty examples were built by the LMS and the remaining 108 were outshopped by British Railways following Nationalisation in 1948.

The construction programme was completed in 1952 and these Mixed Traffic locomotives would go on to operate on all the BR regions, with the exception of the Southern. Light axle loadings allowed the Ivatt 2MTs to be used on most routes including branch lines, where their almost enclosed cabs made them ideal for working tender first when no turning facilities existed. The design provided the basis for the BR Standard Class 2MT 2-6-0, and the two are very similar in appearance, with the Standard version having only a modified cab and tender profile to allow unrestricted route availability across the British network. The Mogul's versatility and its relatively modern design however ensured that many examples were still in traffic until the mid-1960s, but by 1967 all had been withdrawn. Thankfully, seven Ivatt 2MT have been preserved and the type is an ideal source of motive power for many of the trains running on heritage railways today.

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