AN EXCELLENTLY ENGINEERED 5’’ GAUGE MODEL OF A GWR 1500 CLAS...

Estimate

£7,000 - £9,000

AN EXCELLENTLY ENGINEERED 5’’ GAUGE MODEL OF A GWR 1500 CLASS PANNIER TANK STEAM LOCOMOTIVE  Despite being a Frederick Hawksworth design (The last chief mechanical engineer of GWR)  all ten that were built (1500-1509) were completed just after nationalisation in 1949 under the new Western Region of British Railways. Due to their weight (Just over 58 tons) and short wheel base they proved to be of limited use and were not good for fast running and were mainly used as stock yard workers and by the Coal Board.   Most were scrapped way before their useful life. The Severn Valley Railway runs the last survivor – 1501.

This is a good model with a well detailed cab and all fittings. The GW livery might be considered slightly anomalous but harks back to the distinctive livery of the great GWR era. Complete with  Walschaerts valve gear and copper and brass stack details. It comes with a glass display case on stand with a ballasted rail section on a mahogany base. 

This was brought by the vendor at Christie's circa 1974. It is offered without a current boiler certificate.

90 cms long 35 high