R30520 RailRoad Class 8P 4-6-2 BR Green Early Emblem 71000 'Duke of Gloucester' Steam Locomotive Rolling-Road The design proved to be

The design proved to be robust and a very capable workhorse

driven by Grant Williams himself

Pristine BR Railfreight (Red Stripe) livery

In 2002 Allied steel and Wire went into administration but interest from the Spanish Company Celsa Group saw both plants at Cardiff and Sheerness purchased

Laser-cut and engraved sidewalks

R30520 RailRoad Class 8P 4-6-2 BR Green Early Emblem 71000 'Duke of Gloucester' Steam Locomotive Rolling-Road The design proved to beExpected Delivery Q3 2026 (Subject to Change at Manufacturer's Discretion). Built as the replacement for Princess Royal Class 4 6 2 46202 Princess Anne, which was destroyed in the Harrow and Wealdstone rail disaster of 1952, the Riddles designed Pacific was intended as the first of a new batch of modern locomotives that would serve BR for many years to come. Completed at Crewe in 1954, plans to build more were turned down by the Railway Executive