based on B.R. 4-6-2 "Britannia" class 7 MT No.70004 Standard Pacific, this model was built by A. Nash, Derby in 1961 and supplied by Ian Thompson Precision Models, with superheated copper coal-fired boiler, piston valve cylinders, safety valves, brakes to driving wheels, the removable cab roof enclosing boiler feed controls, water gauge glass, pressure gauge, valve gear control and sliding firehole doors, the sprung 6-wheeled tender with rivet detailing and BR 'lion and wheel' emblem, the whole finished in BR green lined black and orange, smokebox and smoke deflectors in black and mounted with brass nameplate , the wheels black with polished wheel rims, rods and valve gear,
the model 53 inch/135cms long, mounted on section of display track under glazed display case with brass information plate,

Footnotes

The original 70004 locomotive was built at Crewe in March 1951 and was delivered in special finish for static display at the Festival of Britain at South Bank from May to September 1951. This locomotive was notorious for snapping its connecting rod at speed while hauling the Golden Arrow Pullman train in Kent, which was found to have been caused by method of fitting the roller bearings to the axles. It was withdrawn from service in 1967. Out of a class of 55 built only two survived. No. 70000 is privately preserved and 70013 is preserved as part of the National Railway Museum.

Provenance:
Felix Leeman Collection of Lugano, Switzerland.

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