$ 227.00
SKU:
Y27449353799
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This Hornby model of Southern Railway M7 Class No. 318 is presented in authentic Era 3 condition, reflecting the locomotives appearance during its SR service.
DCC ready with an 8-pin socket, it offers an easy route to digital control, while sprung metal buffers and NEM couplings ensure realistic detail. A faithful tribute to one of Drummonds iconic tank engines.
History
Dugald Drummond designed the M7 0-4-4Ts as a more powerful replacement for the ageing Adams T1 Class used on the LSWRs London suburban passenger services, with 105 examples built at Nine Elms (95) and Eastleigh (10) between 1897 and 1911.
No. 318 entered service in August 1900, and kept its number throughout its Southern Railway days until becoming 30318 under BR in 1950. Withdrawal came just nine years later, in December 1959, when it was scrapped.