Heljan 2724 OO gauge BR Class 27 Diesel Loco D5353 BR green livery

Description: This very nice OO gauge locomotive by Heljan is 2724 a BR Class 27 diesel locomotive in BR green with small yellow panels livery and the running number D5353. British Rail's Class 27 comprised 69 diesel locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. They were a development of the earlier Class 26; both were originally classified as the BRCW Type 2. The Class 27s were numbered D5347-D5415. The locos were a familiar sight in Scotland where D5347–D5369 were assigned to Glasgow Eastfield, D5370–D5378 to Thornaby and D5379–D5415 to London Cricklewood for Tilbury Boat trains and Cross-London freight services. In the period September to December 1963, some of the Cricklewood allocation were transferred to Leicester and in December 1965 the Thornaby allocation was also nominally transferred to Leicester to join them. Traffic changes combined with reallocation of Class 25s led to the gradual transfer of the Leicester and Cricklewood locomotives to Scotland during 1969 thus concentrating the whole class within Scotland and being part of the replacement fleet that allowed the withdrawal of the poorly performing Clayton Class 17 locomotives from traffic. For many years they were extensively used on the West Highland Line. By September 1986, regular duties on passenger services had ceased and only twenty-one of the class remained, allocated entirely to Eastfield depot. A mass withdrawal in July 1987 due to the presence of blue asbestos left 27008 as the last in service. Its final working was on 13 August and the loco was officially withdrawn on 19 August 1987. The Class 27s were actually outlived by the older Class 26s, whose less powerful engines were more reliable. Eight remain in preservation, some in operational condition. The loco is in very good condition as you can see in the pictures, it is tested and runs with working head code lights. A complete external visual inspection has shown the overall condition is very good, there is a slight paint imperfection on one side of the cab, see pictures. It comes complete with its box. The box is in good if slightly shelf worn condition. Overall this is a really nice scale locomotive and would look fantastic on a layout. Do please have a look at my other listings, I typically have various HO and OO locos on offer as well as an extensive range of imported N gauge locos and other items. Note: I do recommend all locos are cleaned & serviced, as they have some age to them even if the quality looks at the highest level (fairly standard advice for all locos!).

Price: 140 GBP

Location: Hitchin

End Time: 2025-01-24T20:52:50.000Z

Shipping Cost: 29.96 GBP