Hornby OO R3735 ROD 5662 NBR 0-6-0 Goods Engine War Department Livery
Detailed model of the North British Railway 0-6-0 goods engines, later LNER class J36. Model finished in War Department (WD) livery as Royal Engineers Railways Operating Division (ROD) locomotive 5662.
Era 2. WW1. 1914-1918.
Built at Cowlairs in November 1891, NBR No. 662 was rebuilt in May 1915 and was one of twenty five Class C locomotives requisitioned by the Railway Executive on August 4, 1917 for use by the Railway Operating Division of the Royal Engineers. Sent to the Western Front on 7 November, 1917, it is thought that ROD 5662 worked around Verquigneul in the Pas-de-Calais, proving reliable in ROD service. Returning on 12 April, 1919 to the UK, NBR 662 was named Birdwood.