7S-025-002 O Gauge Class 74xx Pannier 7444 BR Black Late Crest

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Classy 74xx

Superb, metal bodied, Dapol's 74xx class pannier tank locomotive is a wonderful addition to small Layouts and large alike...with its smaller streamline wheels and classy bodywork. Runs smoothly, even at low speeds...Great detailing, my only criticisms are the lack of red motion rods under the tanks, like the 57xxs...and the cab roof cannot be removed to fit a crew...but it merits forgiveness on these features.

Great locomotive good performance thanks

The 6400 class were introduced in 1932, whilst the 7400 class followed in 1936, with a total of 90 being constructed. All forty of the 6400 class were fitted for auto-train working, and with their smaller driving wheels, were intended for the more steeply graded lines of the Welsh valleys and Cornwall, although they became more widespread in later days.

All of the 7400 class and the last ten of the 6400 class can be distinguished from the original thirty by the intersection of the cab/bunker which is square with no roof overhangs.

The fifty locomotives of the 7400 class were not auto-train fitted and had higher boiler pressure, which increased the tractive effort, but otherwise identical to the last ten of the 6400 class. They were more widely distributed and were found on branch line passenger, freight and milk traffic workings, as well as station pilot and shunting duties.

Numbers 7430-7449 built after the war came out with the new top feed, which had begun to appear on earlier engines of both classes. Steps were put on the Fireman’s side of the bunker from 6430 onwards and earlier engines brought into line by about 1945. A total of three from this class of locomotive survive into preservation.

The Dapol 64xx/74xx offers the following features: