Graham Farish N 374-614 GWR Hawksworth Auto-Trailer BR (WR) Chocolate & Cream

£47.75
MRP £52.95

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The Great Western Railway (GWR) had a long tradition of using Auto-Trailers (also known as Autocoaches) for passenger services on its many branch lines and on suburban services. Operated as an ‘Autotrain’, with one or more auto-trailers coupled to an ‘auto-fitted’ steam locomotive, this formation prevented the need for the locomotive to be turned or run around its train when it reached the end of the line. When the auto-trailer was leading, the locomotive driver would control the engine from the cab of the auto-trailer, with controls that were connected to the locomotive via special linkages, thus effectively providing the driver with ‘remote control’ of the engine. The Auto-Trailers designed by Frederick W. Hawksworth, as depicted by this Graham Farish model, were the last GWR-style auto-trailers to be built and whilst designed by the GWR, with GWR diagram numbers and using GWR control equipment, the entire fleet of 25 vehicles was built by British Railways, with construction taking place between 1951 and 1953. Deployment spread the vehicles across the Western Region until the end of steam in the mid-1960s when, thankfully, several examples were saved for preservation. The locomotives that were auto-fitted to work in auto-trains were mainly 0-4-2Ts and Pannier Tanks, in particular the Class 64XX Pannier Tank as modelled by Graham Farish, making this a perfect partner to the Hawksworth Auto-Trailer.
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