Eight fantastic Class 24 variants for your approval. Move cursor over the locos for a closer look.
A) BRITISH RAIL BLUE (WITH SMALL YELLOW WARNING PANELS)
An interesting and rare transition-era livery, dating from the late-1960s and featuring pre-TOPs numbering on a blue locomotive. It is understood that only two locomotives gained this colour scheme.
Detail combination: Production body, Front end doors, Later exhaust, Boiler fitted, Solebar fairings, SKF axleboxes.
Running number example(s): D5021, D5026
Notes/Period: These two locomotives were amongst the large allocation belonging to the London Midland Region’s Stoke-on-trent Division which also encompassed Crewe and provided traction throughout the North West.B) BRITISH RAILWAYS TWO-TONE GREEN (WITH SYWP)
Providing a welcome variation to the standard but somewhat plain green livery, a small batch of six locomotives were repainted with the mid-level Sherwood green band, as part of their overhaul at Derby Works, during 1965.
Detail combination: Production body, Front end doors, Later exhaust, Boiler fitted, Solebar fairings, SKF axleboxes.
Running number example(s): D5040, D5053.
Notes/Period: Majority saw widespread use on the Great Eastern and Great Northern in the mid to late-1960s before being dispersed to the London Midland and Scottish Regions. Answers the call for an Eastern Region machine.C) BRITISH RAIL BLUE (FULL YELLOW ENDS) GLASGOW WORKS FRONT
Scottish locomotives are always popular and it is often forgotten that many ‘skinhead’ machines were based north of the border. From the early 1970s, Glasgow Works plated over the front doors in a distinctive style.
Detail combination: Production body, Plated front (Glasgow style), Later exhaust, Boiler fitted, Exposed solebars, SKF axleboxes.
Running number example(s): 24009, 5099
Notes/Period: A great variation for those who model the BR blue period that also provides a base model that is suitable for conversion to the majority of the Tyne Dock locos in their later blue years.D) BRITISH RAIL RESEARCH DEPT (RED/BLUE WITH WHITE LINING)
Arguably the best-known Class 24, the former No. 24061 had a second life as motive power for Derby Railway Technical Centre’s test trains. It received its eye-catching red and blue livery and name in 1980.
Detail combination: Production body, Front end doors, Later exhaust, Boiler fitted, Exposed solebars, SKF axleboxes.
Running number: 97201 Experiment
Notes/Period: Widely-travelled throughout the 1980s, including numerous open day visits, before being preserved on the NYMR. Has been a popular subject before, but SLW will produce the most accurate model to date.E) BRITISH RAILWAYS GREEN (WITH SYWP)
A common combination, representing a Crewe-built machine following the adoption of warning panels. Without the chromed radiator and air intake grille surrounds that were a feature of the previous Darlington release.
Detail combination: Production body, Front end doors, Original exhaust, Boiler fitted, Solebar fairings, SKF axleboxes.
Running number example(s): D5082, D5083
Notes/Period: Probably the most prolific livery in the mid-1960s. Inclusion of free CONDOR headboards as a special extra, since these locos were recorded working this early non-stop container service.F) BRITISH RAILWAYS GREEN (FULL YELLOW ENDS/TOPS NUMBERS)
The early 1970s presented the occasional incongruous mix of colours and lettering styles. This is an example of a locomotive that avoided the blue paint tin long enough to get yellow ends and TOPS numbers.
Detail combination: Production body, Front end doors, Later exhaust, Boiler fitted, Exposed solebars, SKF axleboxes.
Running number example(s): 24090, 24092
Notes/Period: The suggested locos were allocated to Glasgow Eastfield and Crewe Diesel during the period.G) BRITISH RAILWAYS GREEN (HEADCODE BOX, HIGHLAND)
The final development of the Class 24s with headcode box. In standard BR green colour scheme with small yellow panels. Featuring working twin headlights as fitted for rock-fall advanced warning.
Detail combination: Headcode box, Production body, Strip-sealed front end doors, Later exhaust, Boiler fitted, Exposed solebars, SKF axleboxes.
Running number example(s): TBC. D5127, D5132
Notes/Period: As allocated to Inverness shed in the mid/late-1960s and used on the Kyle and Far North lines as well as the Highland main line (often double-headed).H) BRITISH RAIL BLUE (HEADCODE BOX, HIGHLAND)
The final development of the Class 24s with headcode box. Corporate BR blue but retaining it’s original numbering. Featuring working twin headlights as fitted for rock-fall advanced warning.
Detail combination: Headcode box, Production body, Strip-sealed front end doors, Later exhaust, Boiler fitted, Exposed solebars, SKF axleboxes.
Running number example(s): TBC. 5115, D5131
Notes/Period: As allocated to Inverness shed in the early-1970s and used on the Kyle and Far North lines as well as the Highland main line (often double-headed).I) BRITISH RAIL BLUE – TOPS NUMBERS (HEADCODE BOX, HIGHLAND)
Final derivation of Class 24 with headcode boxes. BR corporate blue livery with five-digit TOPS numbers. Featuring three-piece miniature snowploughs and working twin headlights. Cab side recess with optional tablet catcher.
Detail combination: Headcode box, Production body, Fully plated front end doors, Later exhaust, Boiler fitted, Exposed solebars, SKF axleboxes.
Running number example(s): TBC. 24117, 24121, 24123
Notes/Period: As allocated to Inverness TMD in 1974/5 and used on the Kyle of Lochalsh and Far North lines for mixed traffic work.
