Bachmann 1 Brassworks J94 Austerity Saddle Tank High Bunker Black Un-numbered (BW1001)

Ready to run Gauge 1 pre-painted brass model of the Hunslet Austerity or J94 0-6-0 saddle tank with high bunker. The chassis is fitted with sprung front and centre drivers to help keep all the wheels on the rails with the underside of the chassis enclosed, protecting the gears from dirt and grit. Separate handrails, spring buffers, three-link couplings, bunker ladder and steps add extra details to the standard locomotive. In gauge 1 even these shunting engines are big, this model is 285mm/11in long, 80mm/3.25in wide and 120mm/4.75in tall.

These superb models of this popular heavy shunting engine are a great way to start a large scale layout in the house or garden to sit back and play trains in the summer. This model will travel through the sharp LGB points at slow speeds.

The model is supplied ready assembled and painted in plain black livery. No number or lettering is applied, allowing the purchaser to add these final details to produce one of the LNER/BR J94 class, or a locomotive in industry use. These locomotives have shunted army depots in wartime, coal, iron and steel in peactime and today pull passenger trains on hertiage railways. You could add your own garden railway's name, representing a private industrial or preserved railway.

Gauge 1 locomotives operate on 45mm gauge track, also used for G scale models. Rigid and flexible track, plus points/turnouts can be ordered from the Peco range.

The Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST was developed from earlier designs to supply a simple and rugged shunting locomotive for military use during WWII. These powerful and robust locomotives remained in production into the 1950's and a number were purchased by the LNER, being designated class J94. Ex-army, rebuilt and new build austerities became? one of the most popular replacements for worn-out industrial shunting locomotives, the NCB, CEGB and iron/steel industries all operating? fleets of these engines into the 1960's and 1970's.

This has ensured that many of the type survived to be purchased for preservation. Over sixty years after their initial design for wartime use many of these engines have a secure future, now pulling passenger trains on heritage railways.