NER P1, LNER/BR J25

Designed by Wilson Worsdell the P1 class was introduced in May 1898. In all 120 of the class were built in the four years up to 1902, 40 were built at Darlington with the remaining 80 at Gateshead. Thirty of the class were later fitted with superheated boilers, of which 14 later reverted to saturated, only for 3 to be superheated for a second time.

Fourteen of the class were sent on loan to the GWR in 1940 to replace Dean 0-6-0s taken over by the WD. In total 40 P1 class engines were loaned to the GWR, of which 10 were returned in 1943 and the remainder in 1946. Withdrawal commenced in April 1933 with No.2039, and ended in June 1962 with No.65726.

This is a kit which has its origins in the well respected George Norton range. It is etched in brass for the loco body and tender, and comes with a ready rolled etched brass boiler. The loco and tender chassis are etched in nickel silver, with features such as half etch guide lines to assist in cutting out for hornblocks, and the provision of jointed coupling rods.

Many of the fittings are cast in brass with the remainder being high quality whitemetal castings. The kit comes with our own specially turned NER pattern sprung buffers, these can be exchanged for LNER Group Standard buffers if required.

Couplings, motor, wheels and gears are required to complete.

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