OO Gauge Hornby R30114 BR West Country Class 34046 Braunton Loco RRP £266.49

R30114 BR West Country Class 34046 Braunton Loco. Brand new item direct from our new Yorkshire model railway shop. Item Scale 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge. DCC Status DCC Ready 21 pin socket (It is NOT DCC fitted). Minimum Curve (mm) Radius 2.

Motor 5 Pole Skew wound. Southern locomotive 21C146 entered service in November 1946 having been built to Bulleid's air-smoothed'Light Pacific' design.

From new the locomotive was allocated to the Exmouth Junction Shed where it remained until moving to Sailsbury in May 1951 and Brighton the following month. Under British Railways the locomotive was renumbered 34046.

In January 1959 the locomotive was rebuilt to a more conventional design along with many other members of the'West Country' Class. After re-entering service'Braunton' was re-allocated to Bournemouth and remained there until being withdrawn from service in late 1965.

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