GWR Churchward Built 63xx 2-6-0 Mogul 6385 Shirt Button Green – Sound Fitted
Expected Delivery Q3 2025 (Subject to Change at Manufacturer’s Discretion).
The series of models being manufactured by Dapol are to the later Churchward build from numbers 5390 through to 7321, constructed between 1920 and 1923 with the final eight (6362-6369) in 1925 under Collett. These Collett locomotives had outside cylinder steam pipes fitted from new, whilst this feature was added to the majority of the earlier batch from the late 1940s to the early 1950s. The last to be withdrawn was 6395 on 21-11-1964.Â
Specifications:
Body
- Diecast boilerÂ
- Smokebox with/without cylinder steam pipesÂ
- Diecast footplateÂ
- Churchward tapered buffersÂ
- Collett straight shank buffersÂ
- Tall vacuum pipe for early versionÂ
- Lower vacuum pipe for later periodÂ
- Tall safety valve coverShort safety valve coverÂ
- Smoke box top mounted lamp bracketÂ
- Smoke box door mounted lamp bracket for B.R. periodÂ
- Smoke box number plate for B.R. periodÂ
- Highly detailed cab interior
Chassis
- Diecast chassis – split frames for live bearing pick-upÂ
- Blackened nickel plated diecast driving wheelsÂ
- Brass bearingsÂ
- Plastic keeper plate with brake shoe/linkage detailsÂ
- Sprung centre driving wheelsÂ
- Wheels to NMRA standard  Â
Electrical
- Pickup from loco driving wheels and tenderÂ
- Coreless motorÂ
- Tender body to be easily removableÂ
- Space for sugar cube speaker in tenderÂ
- DCC Ready with provision for a NEXT-18 Decoder in the tenderÂ
- Locomotive to tender electrical connections for motor and locomotive pick-up via pin and socket vertically mounted under the cab. Loco to tender coupling not shown in the artworks below.
