Product Description

EFE Rail E82007 Class 74 Electro-Diesel E6104 BR Blue

The Class 74 Electro-Diesel Locomotive is the next new tooling model to be developed for the EFE Range and a subject that has never before been produced as a mainstream ready to run model in OO Scale.

This class of ten locomotives was creating by rebuilding redundant Class 71 Electrics and whilst they operated for little more than a decade at most, their work was varied and spanned the early years of the popular BR Blue era making this new model a must for any Southern Region modeller depicting the period from the end of steam to the late-1970s.

The new EFE Rail model boasts a high level of detail and technical features. Powered by a high-quality coreless motor, drive is provided to both bogies and every axle, and electrical collection comes from every wheel. DCC provision comes by way of a 21 Pin decoder socket whilst there is space for a speaker to be fitted. Cab lighting is available to both analogue and DCC users, along with illuminated blinds at each end, for which a selection of interchangeable route blinds is provided. The lighting features can be switched on/off via DCC, whilst analogue users can use the chassis-mounted switches to turn the cab lights on/off, and a second switch allows the illuminated blinds to be turned off at the trailing end. The models sport NEM coupling pockets and sprung buffers along with etched metal grilles, separate metal handrails and a full complement of cab end cables and bufferbeam pipework.

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• EFE Rail OO Scale
• Era 6
• Pristine BR Blue livery
• Running No. E6104
• Equipped with a 21 Pin DCC Decoder Socket
• Length 205mm (over couplings)

EFE RAIL CLASS 74 ‘ELECTRO-DIESEL’ SPECIFICATION

MECHANISM:

• Coreless, twin shaft motor providing drive to both bogies
• All axle drive
• Electrical pickup from all wheels
• Separate metal bearings fitted to each axle
• Diecast metal chassis block
• Gearing arranged for prototypical running speeds and haulage capabilities
• 5mm (OO gauge) wheels to NEM310 & NEM311 standards with authentic profile and spoke detailing
• Close coupling mechanism fitted at either end, each of which is fitted with coupling pockets to NEM362 standards
• Designed to operate on curves of second radius (438mm) or greater

DETAILING:

• High fidelity injection-moulded bodyshell
• Bogies constructed from multiple components featuring full relief detail
• Separately applied detail parts, including lamp irons, metal handrails, etched grilles, cab-end jumper cables, windscreen wipers and whistles
• Sprung buffers
• Cab interior detailing including seats, control desk, controls and dials with authentic decoration
• Slide in destination blinds with a selection of routes, white and red blinds provided for user-fitment
• Each model supplied with a full set of decorated, model-specific bufferbeam pipework and accessory parts including bufferbeam skirt infill pieces to be used when the tension lock couplings are removed

LIGHTING:

• Illuminated headcode blinds, with the rear blinds turned on/off via a chassis-mounted switch on Analogue control. On DCC, headcode blinds can be switched on/off independently at either end via dedicated functions
• Cab lighting, switchable on/off via a chassis-mounted switch on Analogue control, or via dedicated functions on DCC
• Authentic light colours and temperatures selected for each model based on era and application

DCC:

• 21 Pin DCC decoder interface

SOUND:

• Space provided on the chassis for a speaker which can be connected to the main circuit board via the solder pads provided

LIVERY APPLICATION:

• Authentic liveries applied to all models
• Multiple paint applications employed on each model using BR specification colours
• Logos, numerals and text added as appropriate using multi-stage tampo printing using authentic typefaces, logos and colours