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391-126SFMainline Hunslet 0-4-0ST 'Charles' Penrhyn Quarry Lined Black (Late) With DCC Sound Fitted
SOUNDS
F1 - Sound - On/Off
F2 - Brake
F3 - Cylinder Drain Cocks
F4 - Bell Whistle (Speed Related)
F5 - Reverser
F6 - On - Firebox Door Open / Off - Firebox Door Closed
F7 - Coal Shovelling (only with F6 On)
F8 - Blower
F9 - Flange Squeal (Speed Related)
F10 - Speed Lock
F11 - Hand Brake (Functional)
F12 - Water Tank Filling
F13 - Coupling Clank
F14 - Light Engine Mode
F15 - Fade All Sounds
F16 - Guard's Whistle
F17 - Enable Auto Wagon Buffering
F18 - Injector
F19 - Alternative Whistle (Speed Related)
F20 - Shunting Mode
F21 - Safety Valves Lifted
F22 - 'Clear my side’
F23 - 'Red light ahead’
F24 - 'Coal on the fire’
F25 - Volume Down
F26 - Volume Up
Analogue Users: Please note that normal load running sounds, acceleration steam chuff sounds and any other automatic and randomised sounds will also operate when this model is used on analogue control (DC) straight from the box!
MAINLINE HUNSLET HISTORY
Most famous for their operation on the North Wales narrow gauge railways, the first main line Hunslet was built in 1882 by the Hunslet Engine Company of Leeds for the Penrhyn Quarry Railway. Named ‘Charles’, the locomotive’s somewhat unconventional appearance, with steeply inclined cylinders and connecting rods located on the inside of the coupling rods, would be repeated eleven years later when ‘Linda’ and ‘Blanche’ were constructed. Known affectionately by many enthusiasts as ‘the Ladies’, they were ostensibly built to the same 0-4-0 saddle tank design as ‘Charles’, although the ‘Ladies’ did incorporate some differences when compared to their elder. They had larger fire grates for one, round spectacle glasses in the front cab sheet rather than the square ones fitted to ‘Charles’ for another, and were also fractionally longer.
Penrhyn Quarry was the largest slate quarry in the world at the end of the nineteenth century and the trio of Hunslets spent their days hauling slate trains over the Penrhyn main line from the vast quarry complex at Coed-y-Parc, near Bethesda, to Port Penrhyn, just a stone’s throw from Bangor on the North Wales coast. Here, slate products were transferred to standard gauge railway wagons or ships for onward transport around the UK and further afield. Whilst smaller locomotive such as the Quarry Hunslets were used to work the quarry’s internal railways, the larger, more powerful Mainline Hunslets worked the full trains from the quarry down to Port Penrhyn and brought the empty wagons back again – similar duties to those for which the Ffestiniog Railway employed the famous Double Fairlies.
During their working lives the three locomotives underwent several changes, all gained full-height rear cab sheets, replacing the original half-height sheets, welded tanks were fitted in place of the original rivetted versions and various sandbox arrangements were seen, amongst other improvements during their time on the Penrhyn line. By the mid-twentieth century traffic on the Penrhyn Quarry Railway was in decline and in 1962 the last trains ran. ‘Charles’ had already been retired in in the mid-1950s, but the Ladies worked on until the very end.
Offered for sale upon closure of the railway, ‘Linda’ was quickly loaned to the Ffestiniog Railway, arriving there only three days after hauling her last train on the Penrhyn Quarry Railway. In 1963 ‘Linda’ was purchased by the Ffestiniog Railway and ‘Blanche’ too was acquired in the same year, arriving at the railway in December 1963. Both Ladies have been modified by the Ffestiniog Railway since their acquisition, most notably with the fitting of front pony wheels and tenders, becoming 2-4-0ST+Ts (saddle tank tender engines). With 2023 marking 60 years since the pair were brought by the Ffestiniog Railway, they are unquestionably two of the most useful engines in the railway’s fleet and are as popular as ever with visitors, staff and volunteers alike.
‘Charles’ was also offered for sale, but with the boiler condemned, the Ffestiniog Railway declined. Instead, ‘Charles’ was loaned to the National Trust and is now displayed at Penrhyn Castle – once the family home of the owners of Penrhyn Quarry.
371-781SFClass 90/0 90037 BR Railfreight Distribution Sector With DCC Sound Fitted
SOUNDS
F0 - Directional Lights - On/Off (plus Light Switch Sound)
F1 - Sound - On/Off (plus Battery Switch and Compressor Sounds)
F2 - Brake
F3 - Low Horn (Playable)
F4 - Two-Tone Horn
F5 - Parking Brake On/Off (Loco won’t move with Parking Brake On)
F6 - On - Pantograph Up / Off - Pantograph Down (Sounds only)
F7 - Flange Squeal (Speed Related)
F8 - Windscreen Wipers
F9 - Air Dump
F10 - On - Guard’s Whistle / Off - Driver’s Response
F11 - Spirax Valve
F12 - Station Announcement
F13 - AWS
F14 - Cab Light (non-Pantograph End) On/Off (plus Light Switch Sound)
F15 - Cab Light (Pantograph End) On/Off (plus Light Switch Sound)
F16 - Coupling Up
F17 - Uncoupling
F18 - On - Cab Door Open / Off - Cab Door Shut
F19 - Uncoupling Movement Cycle
F20 - Directional Lights Off (Non-Pantograph End) (plus Light Switch Sound)
F21 - Directional Lights Off (Pantograph End) (plus Light Switch Sound)
F22 - Fire Alarm Test
F23 - Volume Control (6 levels)
Analogue Users: Please note that any automated drive sounds will be played when this model is used on analogue control (DC) straight from the box!
371-782Class 90/0 90019 'Penny Black' Rail Express Systems
Fifty Class 90 locomotives were ordered by British Rail in 1986 to replace the ageing Class 85 fleet on West Coast Main Line duties, whilst also allowing BR to cascade a number of Class 86s to East Anglia. Constructed at British Rail Engineering Limited, Crewe, the new locomotives were initially classified as 87/2s however this was soon changed to Class 90 as the design featured a completely new body-shell – although much of the technology within was shared with the Class 87s.
Construction of the 110mph rated locomotives was completed in 1990 and the fleet was split between different sectors of British Rail – 15 were allocated to InterCity services, five for Rail Express Systems (mail and parcels traffic) and the remaining 30 for Railfreight Distribution. Most of those allocated to Railfreight Distribution would later be downgraded to 75mph and reclassified as 90/1s numbered in the 901xx series following work to isolate the Electric Train Heating and push-pull equipment making them dedicated freight locos.
Upon privatisation the Class 90 fleet was split between Virgin Trains, EWS and Freightliner. By 1999 all of the Class 90/1s acquired by EWS had been converted back to 90/0s due to an increased requirement for passenger locomotives to work contracted ScotRail sleeper trains and for hire to GNER for East Coast Main Line services. Further renumbering by EWS occurred when nine locos were fitted with different brake blocks and these became Class 90/2s numbered in the 902xx series. The Freightliner locos were also converted back to their original specification in the early 2000s.
The Class 90s have carried numerous liveries including three decorated in European liveries for the Freightconnection event in 1992 which coincided with the opening of the Channel Tunnel to freight services. No. 90128 was decorated in SNCB turquoise (Belgium), No. 90129 in DB red (Germany) and No. 90130 in SNCF orange and grey (France) and each carried the name Freightconnection in their respective languages, alongside No. 90022 which was named ‘Freightconnection’ and carried Railfreight Distribution livery.
The majority of the Class have carried names whilst in service and the 90s have appeared a variety of other post-Privatisation liveries such as GNER, DB Schenker, First ScotRail, One (Anglia), Greater Anglia, National Express, DRS and Malcolm Logistics. Today, Class 90s remain in operation with Freightliner, DB Cargo UK (ex-EWS/DB Schenker) and most recently Locomotive Services which has acquired Nos. 90001 and 90002 and repainted them into InterCity Swallow livery for use on charters and excursions.
371-783SFClass 90/0 90004 'City of Glasgow' Virgin Trains (Original) With DCC Sound Fitted
SOUNDS
F0 - Directional Lights - On/Off (plus Light Switch Sound)
F1 - Sound - On/Off (plus Battery Switch and Compressor Sounds)
F2 - Brake
F3 - Low Horn (Playable)
F4 - Two-Tone Horn
F5 - Parking Brake On/Off (Loco won’t move with Parking Brake On)
F6 - On - Pantograph Up / Off - Pantograph Down (Sounds only)
F7 - Flange Squeal (Speed Related)
F8 - Windscreen Wipers
F9 - Air Dump
F10 - On - Guard’s Whistle / Off - Driver’s Response
F11 - Spirax Valve
F12 - Station Announcement
F13 - AWS
F14 - Cab Light (non-Pantograph End) On/Off (plus Light Switch Sound)
F15 - Cab Light (Pantograph End) On/Off (plus Light Switch Sound)
F16 - Coupling Up
F17 - Uncoupling
F18 - On - Cab Door Open / Off - Cab Door Shut
F19 - Uncoupling Movement Cycle
F20 - Directional Lights Off (Non-Pantograph End) (plus Light Switch Sound)
F21 - Directional Lights Off (Pantograph End) (plus Light Switch Sound)
F22 - Fire Alarm Test
F23 - Volume Control (6 levels)
Analogue Users: Please note that any automated drive sounds will be played when this model is used on analogue control (DC) straight from the box!
371-785Class 90/0 90047 Freightliner G&W
CLASS 90 HISTORY
Fifty Class 90 locomotives were ordered by British Rail in 1986 to replace the ageing Class 85 fleet on West Coast Main Line duties, whilst also allowing BR to cascade a number of Class 86s to East Anglia. Constructed at British Rail Engineering Limited, Crewe, the new locomotives were initially classified as 87/2s however this was soon changed to Class 90 as the design featured a completely new body-shell – although much of the technology within was shared with the Class 87s.
Construction of the 110mph rated locomotives was completed in 1990 and the fleet was split between different sectors of British Rail – 15 were allocated to InterCity services, five for Rail Express Systems (mail and parcels traffic) and the remaining 30 for Railfreight Distribution. Most of those allocated to Railfreight Distribution would later be downgraded to 75mph and reclassified as 90/1s numbered in the 901xx series following work to isolate the Electric Train Heating and push-pull equipment making them dedicated freight locos.
Upon privatisation the Class 90 fleet was split between Virgin Trains, EWS and Freightliner. By 1999 all of the Class 90/1s acquired by EWS had been converted back to 90/0s due to an increased requirement for passenger locomotives to work contracted ScotRail sleeper trains and for hire to GNER for East Coast Main Line services. Further renumbering by EWS occurred when nine locos were fitted with different brake blocks and these became Class 90/2s numbered in the 902xx series. The Freightliner locos were also converted back to their original specification in the early 2000s.
The Class 90s have carried numerous liveries including three decorated in European liveries for the Freightconnection event in 1992 which coincided with the opening of the Channel Tunnel to freight services. No. 90128 was decorated in SNCB turquoise (Belgium), No. 90129 in DB red (Germany) and No. 90130 in SNCF orange and grey (France) and each carried the name Freightconnection in their respective languages, alongside No. 90022 which was named ‘Freightconnection’ and carried Railfreight Distribution livery.
The majority of the Class have carried names whilst in service and the 90s have appeared a variety of other post-Privatisation liveries such as GNER, DB Schenker, First ScotRail, One (Anglia), Greater Anglia, National Express, DRS and Malcolm Logistics. Today, Class 90s remain in operation with Freightliner, DB Cargo UK (ex-EWS/DB Schenker) and most recently Locomotive Services which has acquired Nos. 90001 and 90002 and repainted them into InterCity Swallow livery for use on charters and excursions.
371-785SFClass 90/0 90047 Freightliner G&W With DCC Sound Fitted
SOUNDS
F0 - Directional Lights - On/Off (plus Light Switch Sound)
F1 - Sound - On/Off (plus Battery Switch and Compressor Sounds)
F2 - Brake
F3 - Low Horn (Playable)
F4 - Two-Tone Horn
F5 - Parking Brake On/Off (Loco won’t move with Parking Brake On)
F6 - On - Pantograph Up / Off - Pantograph Down (Sounds only)
F7 - Flange Squeal (Speed Related)
F8 - Windscreen Wipers
F9 - Air Dump
F10 - On - Guard’s Whistle / Off - Driver’s Response
F11 - Spirax Valve
F12 - Station Announcement
F13 - AWS
F14 - Cab Light (non-Pantograph End) On/Off (plus Light Switch Sound)
F15 - Cab Light (Pantograph End) On/Off (plus Light Switch Sound)
F16 - Coupling Up
F17 - Uncoupling
F18 - On - Cab Door Open / Off - Cab Door Shut
F19 - Uncoupling Movement Cycle
F20 - Directional Lights Off (Non-Pantograph End) (plus Light Switch Sound)
F21 - Directional Lights Off (Pantograph End) (plus Light Switch Sound)
F22 - Fire Alarm Test
F23 - Volume Control (6 levels)
Analogue Users: Please note that any automated drive sounds will be played when this model is used on analogue control (DC) straight from the box!
4F-005-002DB SCHENKER CLASS 59 59206 'JOHN F YEOMAN'
The Class 59.
The Class 59 3,300 bhp Co-Co diesel-electric locomotives were built between 1985 and 1995 by Electro-Motive Diesel for operation in Great Britain. A total of 15 locomotives were built for three different operators.

















