Hornby OO Gauge - R30132 BR, Class 9F, 2-10-0, 92002

Name: Hornby OO Gauge - R30132 BR, Class 9F, 2-10-0, 92002
Brand: Hornby

Hornby

Rails of Sheffield\n--Learn more about us \n--Shipping \n--Returns \n--Feedback \n--Contact Us \n--Payment Methods\nHornby R30132 R30132 Class 9F 2-10-0 92002 BR Black Early Emblem Steam Locomotive\n\nThe British Railways Standard 9F Class was a 2-10-0 steam locomotive, the last of the standardised BR designs. The Robert Riddles design was intended as a long distance heavy express freight locomotive. In total 251 of the class were produced between January 1954 and March 1960, with the final locomotive No. 92220 'Evening Star' being the last steam locomotive built by British Railways.\n\nThe huge length of the 10 coupled driving wheels proved problematic when faced with tight curves, a situation that freight haulage would make inevitable. A solution was found by removing the flanges from the centre driving wheel and reducing the size on the flanges on the second and fourth driving axle's wheels. \n\nRiddles had chosen the 2-10-0 wheel configuration in-order to spread the load of the bd