Completed at Swindon in September 1954 records appear to disagree on 82020s' first shed, with either Exmouth Junction or Hull Botanic Gardens being noted. Agreement is reached on Nuneaton shed from October 1954 where the loco worked until moving to Wrexham Rhosddu shed in November 1956, moving to Shrewsbury in January 1960 and Machynlleth on the Cambrian line to Cardigan Bay coast in March that year.
82020 moved to the Southern region allocation in May 1965, working from Nine Elms shed until withdrawn from service in September.
Model Features
- Die cast metal body and chassis
- Die cast wheels which are tapered from the rim inwards on both sides as per the prototype, with steel tyres
- Brake shoes in ABS plastic
- 5 pole skew wound precision motor
- Sprung centre driving wheel and pony trucks
- Die cast pivoted coupling and connecting rods, plated then blackened
- Fully working prototypical Walschaerts valve gear
- Easily removable cab roof (for adding a crew) by means of small magnets
- Working cab doors
- Wire handrails with stanchions in metal
- Sprung metal buffers and screw link couplings
- Full back head detail with reversing wheel in ABS
- Flickering firebox glow