Britannia Pacifics are a type of 4-6-2 pacific locomotives designed by Robert Riddles for use by the Nationalised British rail for mixed freight passenger duties. 55 were built at the Crewe Works between 1951 and 1955.Dapol were very proud to have been awarded N Gauge steam model of the year 2010 by the readers of Model Rail Magazine and RMWeb. The model encompasses some of the best features developed by Dapol plus some more innovations including:
- Finely moulded body and tender with many separately added fine details
- Weathered finish
- New improved Cast painted wheels with fine relief and detail.
- DCC Ready with a 6 pin decoder socket
- Square axles for perfect wheel quartering
- Dapols tender drive system that delivers power to the locomotive wheels
- Heavy chassis and all wheel pick up
- Super Creep Motor for mighty pulling power with fine slow speed control
- Finely etched name plates
- Accessory bag with spares and other added detail