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Hornby BR RAILFREIGHT CO-CO DIESEL ELECTRIC CLASS 56 No. 56 049

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 Diesel And Electric
 Hornby
 OO
 Post-privatisation
 Locomotives
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Price (RRP): £102.25

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£82.42 from Amazon UK

Vendor Description (OnTracks)

A totally new and incredibly detailed model of the Class 56 will make its debut this year pushing the standards of accuracy, detail and operation to even greater heights.

The British Rail Class 56 was a Type 5 Co-Co diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight work. They were introduced between 1976 and 1983. The first 30 (56001-56030) were built by Electroputere in Romania, but these suffered from poor construction standards. Quite a few of this batch have been scrapped early. The rest were built by BREL at Doncaster Works (56031 to 56115) and Crewe Works (56116 to 56135). Enthusiasts nicknamed them "Grids".

The final examples were withdrawn by EWS on 31 March 2004. Some have since been reinstated for use on construction trains for the LGV Est in France. In 2006 three (56045 and 56124) have been revamped as 56301-3 for Fastline the British freight company launched by Jarvis.

Scale: 1:76

Release Date: September 2007

DCC Ready

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