BACHMAN MODELS OO GAUGE 4-6-0 LORD NELSON CLASS No 30851. "SIR FRANCIS DRAKE".
RICHARD MAUNSELL VERSION CIRCA 1928 - 1961
EARLY BR COLOURS (STILL IN IT'S SR GREEN LIVERY WITH RED LINING, ADDITIONAL BRASS DETAIL & BR LION LOGO PLUS YELLOW NUMBERING ON CAB DOOR)
DESIGNED FOR THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY BY RICHARD MAUNSELL IN 1926, THIS MODEL BEING THE SECOND IN THE CLASS WAS BUILT MAY 1928.
THEY WERE INTENDED FOR THE CONTINENTAL BOAT TRAINS BETWEEN LONDON VICTORIA AND DOVER HARBOUR, SIXTEEN OF THEM WERE CONSTRUCTED REPRESENTING THE MOST POWERFUL (ALTHOUGH NOT THE MOST SUCCESSFUL) SOUTHERN 4-6-0 DESIGN. THERE WERE ALL NAMED AFTER FAMOUS ADMIRALS.
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