9681. British Railways Black Livery, Late Crest
9681 was one of the last pannier tanks to be built. Emerging from Swindon Works in 1949 under the ownership of British Railways it was part of the penultimate lot of 10 locomotives. Initially allocated to Tondu in South Wales, it spent periods at Oswestry and Hereford before being withdrawn from Cardiff East Dock after a 16 year working life. Luckily it was bought by scrap merchant Dai Woodham and spent a number of years languishing before being moved to the Dean Forest Railway and returned to steam in 1984
Features: Top feed boiler, 8750 style cab, Bunker steps fitted, Injector overflow routed outside running plate
 
Detailed Specification
Highly detailed 0-6-0PT 00 gauge model, 1:76.2 scale on 16.5mm track
Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd radius set track)
RP25-110 profile 00 gauge wheels
Coreless motor with flywheel geared for maximum performance and slow speed running
Die-cast metal chassis and pickups to all wheels.
Next18 DCC ready or ESU LokSound V5 sound fitted, slot mounted in smokebox
PowerPack capacitor for uninterrupted power
Two quality sugar cube speakers contained in sound capsule located for best possible sound.
Small, flexible neck NEM coupler mounts set at correct height, with mini-tension-lock couplers.
Brake rigging factory fitted
Brake blocks aligned with wheels
Scale width wire handrails and sand pipes
Fully detailed cab interior with twin LED pulsing/steady Firebox glow
Etched metal/plastic detail parts, including grab handles, steps, buffer pipework, lamp irons etc.
Turned brass whistles etched whistle shields (where fitted)
Sliding roof ventilator
Etched metal pre-painted number plates and works plates.
Fully sprung metal buffers, factory-installed pipework and screw/3 link couplings
Magnetically removable smoke box door