Gaugemaster GM2210701 N Gauge Class 56 032 County S.Glamorgan Metals

Name: Gaugemaster GM2210701 N Gauge Class 56 032 County S.Glamorgan Metals
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Gaugemaster GM2210701 N Gauge Class 56 032 County S.Glamorgan Metals\nPLEASE REVIEW THE PHOTOGRAPHS AS WELL, ACCESSORIES/BOXES ETC WILL BE SHOWN IF THEY ARE INCLUDED. WORKING ORDER: Yes. Next18 DCC Socket. COSMETIC CONDITION: New. The British Rail Class 56 is a type of diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight work. It is a Type 5 locomotive, with a Ruston-Paxman power unit developing 3,250 bhp (2,423 kW), and has a Co-Co wheel arrangement. Enthusiasts nicknamed them \""Gridirons\"" (or \""Grids\"" for short), due to the grid like horn cover on the locomotive's cab ends fitted to nos. 56056 onwards. Under its Romanian railway factory nomenclature, the locomotive was named Electroputere LDE 3500, with LDE coming from Locomtiva Diesel-Electrica (Diesel-Electric locomotive) and the 3500 being the planned horsepower output. The Class 56 fleet was introduced between 1976 and 1984, a total of 135 examples were manufactured. The first 30 locomotives (56001 - 56030, factory classification LDEy