GNR J13 LNER J52 0-6-0ST OO

Distinctive GNR saddle tank engines, one of which became the first privately preserved ex-British Railways locomotive, a historic event which has seen 1247 since added to the national collection.

Model of Great Northern Railway class J13 (later LNER class J52) 0-6-0ST saddle tank shunting engine 1210 finished in GNR lined green livery
This Rapido Trains model has been carefully designed from works drawings and historical images to allow a wide range of options to be produced covering the long lives of thee distinctive engines. The chassis features a smooth-running mechanism, factory-installed speaker and a warming firebox glow.

£164.95

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Model of Great Northern Railway class J13 (later LNER class J52) 0-6-0ST saddle tank shunting engine 1234 finished in GNR 'economy' grey goods engine livery introduced around 1912.
This Rapido Trains model has been carefully designed from works drawings and historical images to allow a wide range of options to be produced covering the long lives of thee distinctive engines. The chassis features a smooth-running mechanism, factory-installed speaker and a warming firebox glow.

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Model of LNER class J52 locomotive 1228 ex-Great Northern Railway 0-6-0ST saddle tank shunting engine finished in LNER black with red lining.
This Rapido Trains model has been carefully designed from works drawings and historical images to allow a wide range of options to be produced covering the long lives of thee distinctive engines. The chassis features a smooth-running mechanism, factory-installed speaker and a warming firebox glow.
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Model of LNER class J52 locomotive 4226 ex-Great Northern Railway 0-6-0ST saddle tank shunting engine finished in LNER black with red lining.
This Rapido Trains model has been carefully designed from works drawings and historical images to allow a wide range of options to be produced covering the long lives of thee distinctive engines. The chassis features a smooth-running mechanism, factory-installed speaker and a warming firebox glow
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Model of LNER class J52 locomotive 4217 ex-Great Northern Railway 0-6-0ST saddle tank shunting engine finished in LNER plain black livery with shaded lettering.
This Rapido Trains model has been carefully designed from works drawings and historical images to allow a wide range of options to be produced covering the long lives of thee distinctive engines. The chassis features a smooth-running mechanism, factory-installed speaker and a warming firebox glow

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Model of LNER class J52 locomotive 8832 ex-Great Northern Railway 0-6-0ST saddle tank shunting engine finished in LNER wartime plain black livery lettered N E.
This Rapido Trains model has been carefully designed from works drawings and historical images to allow a wide range of options to be produced covering the long lives of thee distinctive engines. The chassis features a smooth-running mechanism, factory-installed speaker and a warming firebox glow
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Model of British Railways ex-LNER class J52 locomotive 68817 Great Northern Railway design 0-6-0ST saddle tank shunting engine finished in BR plain black lettered BRITISH RAILWAYS.
This Rapido Trains model has been carefully designed from works drawings and historical images to allow a wide range of options to be produced covering the long lives of thee distinctive engines. The chassis features a smooth-running mechanism, factory-installed speaker and a warming firebox glow.
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Model of British Railways ex-LNER class J52 locomotive 68838 Great Northern Railway design 0-6-0ST saddle tank shunting engine finished in BR plain with early lion over wheel emblem.
This Rapido Trains model has been carefully designed from works drawings and historical images to allow a wide range of options to be produced covering the long lives of thee distinctive engines. The chassis features a smooth-running mechanism, factory-installed speaker and a warming firebox glow.
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Model of British Railways ex-LNER class J52 locomotive 68832 Great Northern Railway design 0-6-0ST saddle tank shunting engine finished in BR plain with early lion over wheel emblem.
This Rapido Trains model has been carefully designed from works drawings and historical images to allow a wide range of options to be produced covering the long lives of thee distinctive engines. The chassis features a smooth-running mechanism, factory-installed speaker and a warming firebox glow.
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Model of British Railways Departmental Locomotive No.2, ex-LNER class J52 Great Northern Railway design 0-6-0ST saddle tank shunting engine finished in BR plain with early lion over wheel emblem.
This Rapido Trains model has been carefully designed from works drawings and historical images to allow a wide range of options to be produced covering the long lives of thee distinctive engines. The chassis features a smooth-running mechanism, factory-installed speaker and a warming firebox glow.
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Model of British Railways number 68846, the preserved ex-GNR/LNER class J52 0-6-0ST saddle tank engine believed to be the only member of the class to be painted in British Railways lined black with the later lion holding wheel crest, noted at Hornsey shed in September 1958.
This Rapido Trains model has been carefully designed from works drawings and historical images to allow a wide range of options to be produced covering the long lives of thee distinctive engines. The chassis features a smooth-running mechanism, factory-installed speaker and a warming firebox glow.
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GNR 1247 was purchased from British Railways by Captain W Smith in May 1959 and returned to the classic Great Northern railway lined green livery. This model replicates 1247 as running on railtours on the mainline during the early 1960s and serving many of todays' heritage railways in their earliest years. Currently at the NRM York site.
This Rapido Trains model has been carefully designed from works drawings and historical images to allow a wide range of options to be produced covering the long lives of thee distinctive engines. The chassis features a smooth-running mechanism, factory-installed speaker and a warming firebox glow.

£164.95

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These started life on the GNR, where they were classified as J13 and based on the Stirling-designed J14 (which featured a domeless boiler). Of course, you can’t trust domeless engines, so Henry Ivatt refined this design with a more efficient and domed boiler variant. They would be fitted with a boiler the same length as the one on the J14, but had an increased diameter. The first J13s rolled off the factory floor in 1897 to work alongside their domeless counterparts on shunting duties.

Between then and 1909, a total of 85 of the class were produced, some at the GNR’s works at Doncaster, and others at a variety of contractors, such as R. Stephenson & Co. The updated design proved effective and as locos moved into LNER ownership many of the J14s were rebuilt as J13s.

Under the LNER the J13s that were domed from the day they were built were reclassified as the J52/2. The class became a common sight in North London, covering the North London Line, Kings Cross, and numerous marshalling yards up and down the country.

Plans were put into motion to scrap the J52s in the mid-1930s, however, this cull ceased when the war broke out in 1939, as any functional locomotive was pressed into service. With the introduction of numerous diesel shunters under the modernisation plan, the withdrawal of the J52s sadly continued.

In 1959 and only a couple of years before the entire class were scrapped, Captain Bill Smith stepped in and saved loco No. 68846 from its inevitable fate. He became the owner of the World’s very first privately owned BR steam locomotive, and the J52/2 earned itself a permanent place in the annals of railway preservation history. The aptly and affectionately named Old Lady would live on. Once in his possession, she was repainted into her beautiful pre-grouping guise and renumbered to the iconic 1247.

With a gorgeous livery, long service history and historical claim to fame, 1247 will always have a fond place in the hearts of travelling enthusiasts and preservation modellers alike. The Captain's decisive action showed that preservation was possible, and sparked a wave of like-minded enthusiasts to follow suit.

The J52/2 model has been designed using works drawings to ensure its accuracy and features a variety of liveries covering the loco's history, such as the bold pre-grouping colours of the GNR, through to various black liveries it sported in its final years. Modellers can look forward to a smooth-running mechanism a factory-installed speaker and a warming firebox glow.

The model is currently in the last design stage of development and will enter tooling shortly.