Description
35029 Ellerman Lines entered traffic on 19 February, 1949 at Bournemouth and was named during a ceremony at Southampton Docks on 1 March, 1951. The Chairman of the company, Mr A.F Hull, officially named the locomotive.
Allocated to Dover in October 1949, Ellerman Lines was selected to haul the Danish Royal train from Dover Marine to London Victoria for the State visit of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid in May 1951.
WHAT'S INSIDE: 1x Locomotive
- Item Length - Without Packaging (cm): 36.7
- Item Scale: 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
- Finish: Painted
- Gauge: OO
- DCC Status: DCC Ready 8 pin socket
- Operator: British Railways
- Designer: OVS Bulleid
- Wheel Configuration: 4-6-2
- Livery: BR Green
- Minimum Curve (mm): Radius 2
- Motor: 5 Pole Skew wound
- Number of Parts: 1
- Class: Merchant Navy Class