{"product_id":"rapido-926005-usatc-s160-no-700-major-general-carl-r-gray-jr-part-of-the-usatc-s160-collection-dcc-ready-21-pin","title":"RAPIDO #926005 USATC S160 No.700 ‘Major General Carl R Gray Jr’ Part of the USATC S160 collection - DCC Ready - 21 Pin","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRAPIDO #926005 USATC S160 No.700 ‘Major General Carl R Gray Jr’ Part of the USATC S160 collection - DCC Ready - 21 Pin\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLivery-\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eLMR blue with red lining.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManufacturer-\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eALCO – Schenectady – 1944\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShed allocation and region-\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eLongmoor Military Railway\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate of model-\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e1955\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTooling variations –\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStandard lamp irons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStraight strap smokebox door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWestinghouse air pump\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePipework mounted behind chimney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStraight running boards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRight hand drive with pole reverser and original pattern firehole door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStandard wartime tender\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoiler-mounted ejector pipe fitted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1946 the Longmoor Military Railway arranged an exchange of equipment with their counterparts at Fort Eustis in America. In return for an Austerity and WD 2-8-0 Fort Eustis sent an S160 2-8-0 and S100 0-6-0 (their comparable counterparts) to Longmoor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe S160 was named Major General Carl R Gray Jr after the Army Director of Railway Services for North Africa, Italy and Northwest Europe. The engine originally carried the number 93257 after arrival at Longmoor. The loco was subsequently sent to Bagnalls in Staffordshire for overhaul in 1954. Upon return in 1955, the engine was painted in lined blue LMR livery and carried the number 700. Unfortunately, it was subsequently involved in an incident leaving flats on all driving wheels and with spares unavailable, the engine was cut up at Longmoor in 1957.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach model features factory-fitted speakers in the smokebox and tender, dual LED firebox glow with dynamic fire draw effect, a large twin flywheel motor, detachable loco and tender connections, pickups on all driving and tender wheels alongside a tender mounted 21-pin DCC decoder socket. DCC Sound versions will be fitted with an ESU LokSound5 decoder and our own sound project.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rapido","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58596724572541,"sku":"926005","price":229.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0419\/5696\/6563\/files\/RAPIDO926005CARLGRAY1.jpg?v=1787911826","url":"https:\/\/www.chestermodelcentre.com\/products\/rapido-926005-usatc-s160-no-700-major-general-carl-r-gray-jr-part-of-the-usatc-s160-collection-dcc-ready-21-pin","provider":"Chester Model Centre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}