Bachmann OO 31-639 BR 6421 GWR 64xx Class 0-6-0 Auto-Pannier BR Lined Green Early Emblem
The GWR 64xx pannier tank engines were built for working pull-push or auto trains over more challengingly graded routes or where more than 2 trailer coaches were regularly needed and services often taxed the capabilities of the 0-4-2T engines. The extra power of the 64xx also allowed extra trailing loads like milk tankers and parcels vans to be hauled.
This Bachmann model nicely replicates the detail of the class, slightly smaller than the 57xx and an ideal choice for a branch passenger engine. 6421 is finished in British Railways lined green livery with early lion over wheel emblem.
The Great Western 0-6-0 64xx class, with their smaller diameter driving wheels, were ideally suited to the steeply graded lines found on South Wales Branch lines and would have seen extensive passenger use on Auto-trains (suitable Branchline Auto Trailers: 39-578, 39-579 & 39-580).