These engines worked across much of the Southern Railway network, later the Southern region of British Railways, including routes in the South East and the scenic branchlines of Devon & Cornwall.
Bachmanns' model features a powerful motor and well designed drive chain inside a diecast chassis block giving plenty of power, allied to a detailed bodyshell designed to allow several design variations to be modelled, including the two tender designs used. The N class chassis has recently been updated, including the fitting of a 6-pin socket for a DCC decoder. Era 3.