OO gauge class 22 locomotive
Date: 04 March 2008
Source: Dapol
We take great pleasure in publicly announcing that we have, for some months now, been working on a North British class 22 locomotive for release in OO gauge.
This locomotive will have the highest specification yes seen in OO gauge and will set a new 'Benchmark' for the genre.
It will feature 3 different front ends and 2 different side variants from release, in 3 liveries:- BR Blue, BR Green and BR green with small yellow warning panel.
Worth noting is that Dapol will keep with tradition and only release limited quantities of each running number (provisionally 300 of each) and expect the initial batch to be 6 x BR Green and 4 x BR Blue.
It is also our intention to produce weathered examples at a future date, and we will not release duplicate running numbers.
The specification for this model (at present) is as follows, 5 pole skew wound can motor 2 large brass flywheels 21 pin DCC board fitted DCC sound compatible Removable painted cab (for crew fitting) Directional lighting Cab lighting Heavy metal split frame chassis Spoked see through RP25.110 darkened wheels Low friction mechanism with pin point bearings Lit headcode boxes Alternate customer fitted headcode characters separately applied handrails Etched steel windscreen wipers Etched roof fan grille with fan detail below Customer fited air pipes and coupling chains NEM coupling socket
The RRP has yet to be decided upon, but should be in line with current thinking for a model of this calibre. The release is scheduled for 2009 and as normal information regarding cad/cam drawings and precise livery information will be posted on our website during the following months.
It is also our intention to scale down this model to N gauge in the future.
