Since the early-1940s the War Department Austerity Saddle Tank has been a common sight on Britain’s railways – playing a vital role in the Allied victory of World War Two before becoming a mainstay of industrial operations and, more recently, heritage railways. Unveiled as part of the EFE Rail range, the WD Austerity Saddle Tank is a fitting subject as the brand’s first N scale steam locomotive.
This all-new model is a high-fidelity miniature recreation of the prototype, sporting details such as metal handrails, sand boxes and pipes, brake hangers and separately fitted brake rigging, and a decorated cab backhead. Daylight is visible beneath the boiler, just as it should be, below which a representation of the inside motion has been moulded onto the chassis. The model is powered by a coreless motor, with electrical pickup from all wheels whilst each axle runs in a pair of separate metal bearings. DCC provision is by way of a 6 pin decoder socket located in the cab, however due to the limited space available a very small decoder such as the Bachmann 6 Pin Micro decoder (36-571) is required for this model.
Army locomotive No. 92 ‘Waggoner’ was one of the final Austerity Saddle Tanks to be built and was delivered many years after the Second World War in 1953. Delivered to the Longmoor Military Railway as WD192, it received the number 92 and name ‘Waggoner’ whilst painted in Army Green livery in 1968 and is now preserved on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.
MODEL FEATURES:
- EFE Rail N Scale
- Era 6
- Locomotive is now Preserved
- Pristine Army Green livery
- Running No. 92
- Named ‘Waggoner’
- Etched Nameplates included
- Accessory Pack
- NEM Coupling Pockets
- Powerful Coreless Motor
- Equipped with a 6 Pin (Micro) DCC Decoder Socket – recommended Decoder item No. 36-571
- Length 63mm