Crawshay Brothers, Peckett W4 Class, 0-4-0ST, 490/1890 – Era 2 (R3868)

Crawshay Brothers, Peckett W4 Class, 0-4-0ST, 490/1890 – Era 2 (R3868)

Peckett Works No. 490/1890 was built for the Crawshay Brothers at Cyfarthfa Ironworks, which had been reopened in 1879 after five years of closure. Unfortunately, Cyfartha had been slow to changeover to steel production and despite an investment of £150,000 by William Thompson Crawshay, the reopening in 1882 as a steel production plant came too late to change the factory’s fortunes and it closed again in 1910. In 1915 Cyfarthfa reopened to produce pig iron and shell steel during the First World War but Cyfarthfa finally closed forever in 1919, with dismantling commencing in 1928.

Description

Tech Specs

Item Length – Without Packaging (cm)
8.4
Item Scale
1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
Finish
Painted
Colour
Green
Gauge
OO
DCC Status
DCC Ready 4 pin socket
Operator
Private Owner
Designer
Peckett & Sons
Wheel Configuration
0-4-0
Livery
Crawshay Brothers, Industrial Green
Minimum Curve (mm)
Radius 1
Motor
3 Pole Skew wound
Wheel Configuration
0-4-0
Class
Peckett W4 0-4-0ST
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