Possibly the smallest ready-to-run British N gauge model, the Graham Farish 04 class diesel shunter does not compromise on detail.

A tiny can motor mounted in the front of the locomotive has been combined with a chassis designed to maximise the weight available for traction, while keeping the cab windows unobstructed. This provides smooth slow running characteristics and excellent train hauling capabilities, even the test and development model was able to pull 7-coach trains.

The external detailing reaches new standards for N gauge, with separate wire handrails fitted to the cab and bonnet, wire sand pipes and fine guard irons.

D2264 carries the BR green livery with crisply painted warning wasp stripes on the front radiator and cab end.

The 04 is an ideal small diesel locomotive for your model railway, being used for shunting in local goods yards, shuttling coaches around major stations and hauling branchline goods trains in the 1950's and 60's. After being withdrawn from BR service these small shunters proved popular with industrial users and heritage railways.

These small diesel shunting locomotives took over from steam engines on light shunting and branch goods trains in the 1950's but became surplus in the 1960's as small yards were closed down. They did not vanish from the railway scene on withdraw from BR service however, many were sold to industrial users and heritage railways.