ViTrains OO BR 37 156 Class 37/0 British Steel Hunterston BR Engineer's Dutch livery (V2026)

ViTrains OO BR 37 156 Class 37/0 British Steel Hunterston BR Engineer's Dutch livery (V2026) | Antics Online

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ViTrains is a new company, formed with technicians and engineers from Lima, market leaders in detail and accuracy during the 1980s ViTrains are upgraded to meet today's standards. A centrally mounted motor, with flywheels, drives both bogies through helical gears. A highly detailed and finely moulded bodyshell is completed with flush glazing, lighting, exchangeable couplings and sprung buffers.

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ViTrains OO BR 37 156 Class 37/0 British Steel Hunterston BR Engineer's Dutch livery (V2026)

This model introduces the newly-tooled bodyshell to represent the numerous class 37/0’s with the later cut away buffer fairing.

Powered by a centrally mounted motor with flywheels in a diecast chassis drives two axles on each bogie through helical reduction gears. The bodyshell has been produced from completely new tooling designed by ex-Lima engineers. This shows every sign of being a top-notch model, combining the latest technology with decades of model manufacturing experience. Accurately reproduced tumblehome, bonnet shaping and end taper are complemented with flush glazing, etched windscreen wipers, etched roof fan grilles and finely moulded bodyside grille and panel detailing.

This model carries the BR engineering departments grey and yellow livery.

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The large red-backed nameplates betray this locomotives history as one of Motherwell’s dedicated pool of EE Type 3’s that were used to convey iron ore from Hunterston to Ravenscraig steel works during the late 1980s. It was absorbed into the civil engineers fleet at the start of the following decade and was repainted in the well liked ‘Dutch’ colour scheme, while managing at the same time to retain its nameplates.

Model Specification

Five pole motor with twin flywheels
Double cardan shaft transmission
Two-axle drive on each bogie
Helical gears for precise mesh and improved traction
Reduction gearing via ten gear sealed unit in each bogie
Traction tyre fitted to one wheel of each bogie
Die-cast heavy metal chassis
Moulded cable ducts to secure wiring and prevent damage
Intricate bogie detail
NEM standard couplings
PCB with NEM652 socket for decoder
Constant brightness LED lighting
Directional red and white LED illumination
Individual sealed lighting casing prevents bleed
Highly detailed scale body
Intricate radiator, panel and rivet detail
Etched brass radiator fan grille
Cab and engine room flush glazed windows
Micro spring mounted buffers
Removable couplings
Metal windscreen wipers
All lamps fitted with clear lenses

Customer Fit extras

Fine/precise bufferbeam piping/cable detail
Bogie footsteps
Lamp irons
Authentic jointed coupling hooks and links

Originally allocated new to Swansea Landore shed 37156 moved to Scotland early in it's career, becoming a regular sight across the Scottish railway nework, often hauling a portion of a London express forward from Edinburgh or Glasgow. Named British Steel Hunterston in 1986 the locomotive transferred to the engineers pool in 1990, still carrying the nameplates and still a regular on passenger services to Aberdeen, Inverness and on the Kyle line. 37156 lost her nameplates in 1994 and has now been withdrawn, being cut up early in 2000.

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