Heljan OO BR 8592 Class 17 Clayton Diesel Locomotive BR Green with Full Yellow Ends (1704)

Heljan OO BR 8592 Class 17 Clayton Diesel Locomotive BR Green with Full Yellow Ends (1704) | Antics Online

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With a heavy die-cast chassis the extra weight of a Heljan locomotive is apparent as soon as it's picked up. This, plus a powerful 5 pole motor, gives a very good haulage capacity - up to 15 coaches on level track. Add in excellent body detailing and a pack of separate optional parts to customise the loco for track work, or simply show, and you've got an excellent model.

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Heljan OO BR 8592 Class 17 Clayton Diesel Locomotive BR Green with Full Yellow Ends (1704)

Expected Jan 2009.

The class 17 locomotive was designed as the standard BR type 1 low powered diesel locomotive. The centre cab design submitted by Clayton offered good visibility all round the locomotive, required for single manning of the locomotives and the type was ordered. The locomotives proved eventually to have only very short lives, suffering from the rapid decline in local goods trains as BR rationalised its network. The type is fondly remembered for its aesthetically pleasing design, however the need for double heading elimitated the advantages the locomotives had over the more reliable EE class 20. The unusual design and association with short goods trains running through the scenery of Scotland where many of these locomotives worked have placed the type high on the modellers request lists for many years.

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