Hornby OO R3723 BR 6145 GWR 61xx Class Large Prairie 2-6-2T
A completely new model of the GWR 5101 class 2-6-2T large prairie designed to produce both the standard 5101 class used throughout the GWR network on outer suburban, mainline stopping passenger and many branch line services and the more powerful 61xx class built for the heavier London area services, but later to be found in the West.
Era 4 Early British Railways 1947-1956.
Built at Swindon Works under Lot No. 278 in December 1932, Diagram A10 Class 61xx 'Large Prairie' No. 6145 entered traffic at Old Oak Common, employed on London suburban services, even over London Underground metals. Class 61xx locomotives were the mainstays of the Thames Valley suburban services until replaced by DMUs, illustrated by 6145's allocations to Old Oak Common, Slough and Oxford sheds.