Painted in the Railfreight triple grey livery scheme 37430 was allocated to the new Transrail business as BR prepared business sectors for privatisation. The Railfreight triple grey livery was retained, with the new operators' large T logo applied to the bodyside, but

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.

Remember Antics price includes UK delivery of your new model locomotive.

Origianlly one of the Welsh passenger service class 37s 37430 carried the name of the South wales newtown, Cwmbran, officially unveiled on the locomotive in 1986 to mark the opening of the local station. The model is froma  alter period though, representing the locomotive as running int he mid 1990s after being allocated as an asset if the Transrail freight shadow-franchise company. This was the largest of the three regional BR freight companies set up immediately prior to privatisation. All three companies were purchased by the Wisconsin Central railroad, and re-combined to form their EWS subsidiary.

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