372-263SF Class 47/4 47555 'The Commonwealth Spirit' BR RF Distribution European Diesel Locomotive - DCC Sound Brand_Games-Workshop Bent plywood gives the model

Bent plywood gives the model beautiful lines and 1950's styling

the result is two engines under one boiler

At this time the required power output was not achievable by a single power unit and the Westerns were fitted with two Maybach engines coupled with a Voith 3 speed hydraulic transmission

'TWLL MWG' and 'HAFOD OWEN'

372-263SF Class 47/4 47555 'The Commonwealth Spirit' BR RF Distribution European Diesel Locomotive - DCC Sound Brand_Games-Workshop Bent plywood gives the modelThe Class 47 was British Railways most prolific class of main line diesel locomotive and so its no surprise that high fidelity models of these ever popular machines are available in N Scale as part of the flagship Graham Farish range. Such was their success that Class 47s served on the front line of BR services for many decades and even in the 1990s, some 30+ years after their introduction, they were still being used for top link services, like