Accurascale OO Scale Pannier 9681

9681 was one of the last pannier tanks to be built. Emerging from Swindon Works in 1949 under the ownership of British Railways it was part of the penultimate lot of 10 locomotives. Initially allocated to Tondu in South Wales, it spent periods at Oswestry and Hereford before being withdrawn from Cardiff East Dock after a 16-year working life. Luckily it was bought by scrap merchant Dai Woodham and spent a number of years languishing before being moved to the Dean Forest Railway and returned to steam in 1984.

Features: Top feed boiler, 8750 style cab, Bunker steps fitted, Injector overflow routed outside running plate.

Common Features:

• Highly detailed 0-6-0PT 00 gauge model, 1:76.2 scale on 16.5mm track
• Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd radius set track)
• RP25-110 profile 00 gauge wheels
• Coreless motor with flywheel geared for maximum performance and slow-speed running
• Die-cast metal chassis and pickups to all wheels.
• Next18 DCC ready or ESU LokSound V5 sound fitted, slot mounted in the smokebox
• PowerPack capacitor for uninterrupted power
• Two quality sugar cube speakers contained inside a sound capsule located for the best possible sound.
• Small, flexible neck NEM coupler mounts set at the correct height, with mini-tension-lock couplers.
• Brake rigging factory fitted
• Brake blocks aligned with wheels
• Scale-width wire handrails and sand pipes
• Fully detailed cab interior with twin LED pulsing/steady Firebox glow
• Etched metal/plastic detail parts, including grab handles, steps, buffer pipework, lamp irons, etc.
• Turned brass whistles etched whistle shields (where fitted)
• Sliding roof ventilator
• Etched metal pre-painted number plates and works plates.
• Fully sprung metal buffers, factory-installed pipework and screw/3 link couplings
• Magnetically removable smokebox door

DCC & Lighting Features:

• Next18 DCC-ready (to suit ESU LokSound V5 Micro, or similar), slot mounted in the smokebox.
• Factory-installed DCC Sound option, with two quality sugar cube speakers in sound capsules for the best possible sound.
• Flickering/steady Firebox glow (depending on DCC fitting).
• Stay-alive power pack fitted.