Ffestiniog Railway Double Fairlie ‘Earl of Merioneth’ FR Lined Green - DCC Ready - Bachmann

• Bachmann Narrow Gauge OO9 Scale
• Era 6
• Pristine Ffestiniog Railway Lined Green livery
• Running No. 11
• Named ‘Earl of Merioneth/Iarll Merionnydd’
• Etched Nameplates included
• Equipped with a Next18 DCC Decoder Socket
• Length 123mm

DETAIL VARIATIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS MODEL

• Long Side Tanks
• Short Belly Tank
• Enclosed Cab with Small Cut Out
• Single-Piece Handrail on Front/Sides of Smokebox
• Smokebox Door Wheel
• Vacuum Brakes Fitted
• Cylindrical Sand Pots
• Coal Space Extension Boards
• Capped Chimney

MECHANISM:

• Coreless, twin shaft motor with two flywheels providing drive to both bogies
• Electrical pickup from all wheels
• Separate metal bearings fitted to each axle
• Diecast metal running plate
• Diecast metal chassis block and bogie towers
• Diecast metal gearboxes, with gearing arranged for prototypical running speeds and haulage capabilities
• 9mm (OO9 narrow gauge) wheels to NEM310 standards with authentic profile and detailing
• Coupling pockets to NEM355 standards fitted to each bogie, into which a standard OO9 coupling hook assembly is fitted
• Designed to operate on curves of first radius (228.6mm) or greater

DETAILING:

• Highly detailed and decorated cab interior including separately fitted regulators and gauge frames
• Separately applied details including Tallow Cup Lubricators, Steam Fountain, Sand Pots with turned brass detail (where applicable), Smokebox Dart/Wheel, Vacuum Pipework (where applicable), Brass Handrails and metal Tank Filler Cap Rings.
• Each model supplied with a set of authentically decorated etched name plates

DCC:

• Next18 DCC decoder interface
• Easy-access DCC decoder socket located behind removable panel on underside of model

SOUND:

• Speaker installed in all models for optimum sound reproduction
• Zimo MX659N18 DCC Sound Decoder fitted to SOUND FITTED versions
• Sound files produced specifically for the Bachmann Narrow Gauge Double Fairlie using recordings from real locomotives
• SOUND FITTED models operate on DCC and Analogue control as supplied

LIVERY APPLICATION:

• Authentic liveries applied to all models
• Multiple paint applications employed on each model using Ffestiniog Railway specification colours
• Logos, numerals and text added as appropriate using multi-stage tampo printing incorporating authentic typefaces, logos, crests and colours