9030003 RAPIDO 16″ Hunslet – “Beatrice” South Yorkshire Area NCB Lined Red - BOXED - Pre-Owned

The 16in 0-6-0ST was the largest of a range of ‘standard’ locomotives offered by the Hunslet Engine Company of Leeds.

Customers could buy similar looking locomotives with 12, 14 and 15in diameter cylinders.

They were designed for industry where owners were looking for a locomotive that was economical, simple to operate and easy to maintain.

Built 1923-1958 (44 built)  Hunslet 16in 0-6-0STs were still in revenue-earning service well into the 1970s.

Mines, collieries and quarries throughout Yorkshire and the Midlands although one worked in a power station in Wales.

Five were built for export. There are at least nine left in Britain. 

Model Features

• • Designed from original works drawings and field visits to a number of 16in Hunslets.
• • Die-cast construction
• • Quality mechanism
• • Next18 decoder socket
• • NEM coupler pockets
• • Sprung buffers
• • Key detail changes between individual locomotives

in excellent condition - only test run

Missing paint on connecting rod screws