British Railways Class 11 Diesel 12138.

12138 at Lindsey West sidings in 1956.

 

This model was released by Hornby in 1956 and was produced for 3 years.

This particular model has been detailed and renumbered to show 12138.

 

Although the model was released by Hornby as a Class 08 the body design is more related to the earlier designs and follows the lines of the Class 11 quite well.

Hornby dropped this body design and went on to produce a retoolled version of the bodywork which more closely resembles the 08 as we know it.

 

Still a good runner for its age. (60 years old now) 1:76 Scale. OO Gauge.

Part of my collection.

 

12138 was the final Class 11 type shunter to be built as part of a batch at Darlington.

The British Rail Class 11 was applied to a batch of diesel shunting locomotives built from April 1945 to December 1952, which were based on earlier locomotives built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) between 1934 and 1936.

 

Capable of 20mph, these locomotives were used for trip and short workings, not just for shunting and proved to be versatile machines.

 

 

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