76SDF001 Shelvoke & Drewry Freightlifter British Rail (Western) option-set-O-dcc-sound-w-1 800 vehicles of this type

800 vehicles of this type were produced with both side and end brakes

First flying in 1936

during the mid-1980s and until the 1990s

All in one platforms or sectional separate units

Coal is the life-blood of any coke or gas works and a ready supply is always needed

76SDF001 Shelvoke & Drewry Freightlifter British Rail (Western) option-set-O-dcc-sound-w-1 800 vehicles of this typeDetails This newly tooled and highly detailed model is based on the heavy duty fork lift truck that Shelvoke & Drewry were asked to produce in 1952 especially for the London Brick Company. The design was intended as a UK alternative to the American Hyster forklift, which was subject to UK import restrictions. LBC went on to buy over 170 of the vehicles, some of which were still in use 21 years later, Moreover, the Freightlifter proved equally in