Bachmann 31-066 NER E (J71) Tank 317 LNER Lined Black

Recommended price £159.95    A Next18  ready model of an NER E class (J71) 0-6-0 Tank loco in LNER lined black livery No 317.  Extra parts are supplied for fitting.

DETAIL VARIATIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS MODEL

• Boiler Clack Valves
• Ramsbottom Safety Valves
• Pipe Whistle
• Steam Brakes Only
• Plain Smokebox Door
• Smokebox Door Handwheel
• Parallel Shank Buffers with Round Mounts
• Coal Bunker with Coal Rails fitted
• Rear Cab Windows without Bars

This model of No. 317 forms part of our new Railway Celebrations range and depicts the locomotive that took part in the 100th Anniversary celebrations of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. In 1925, to mark the centenary, a celebration of railways featuring locomotives from the past century was put on by the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER). Opened by the Duke and Duchess of York – later King Geroge VI and Queen Elizabeth – a procession of locomotives took place over some six miles of line between Stockton and Darlington, passing the royal grandstand and delighting the hundreds of thousands of onlookers who turned out to witness the celebrations.

The parade of 53 locomotives not only showcased the evolution of the steam locomotive, but also included alternative forms of power, such as the LNER’s Electric Locomotive No. 9 which had been built by the North Eastern Railway (NER) in 1914. With the parade taking place on non-electrified lines, J71 No. 317 was used to haul the electric locomotive and so cemented its place in railway history.

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