Manufacturer | Hornby Dublo | Airfix GMR (Great Model Railways) | Airfix GMR (Great Model Railways) | Hornby | Hornby |
Year model introduced | 1957 | 1979 | 2005 | 2010 | 2023 |
DCC Capability | DCC incompatible | Motor fitted but no DCC socket. Ringfield motor | DCC Ready. 8-pin socket | DCC Ready. 8-pin socket | DCC Ready. 21-pin socket |
Detailing | |||||
Bodyshell - factory-fitted separate details | |||||
Chimney | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Coal load(s) | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Drain cocks | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Handrails |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Injector | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Injector pipework | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Lamp irons | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Nameplates - etched - pre-fitted | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Numberplates - plastic - require fitting | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Pipe work | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Regulator linkage | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Release valve | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Reverser |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No | No |
Safety valve |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Smokebox door dart | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Smokebox door numberplate | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Tender handbrakes | No | No |
Yes |
No | No |
Tender water tank | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Whistle | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Whistle - turned brass |
Yes |
No | No | No | No |
Chassis/underframe detail | |||||
Brake rigging chassis | No | No |
Yes |
No | No |
Correct-thickness "stamped" rods | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Fluted connecting rods with oily finish | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Footsteps | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Inside valve gear | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Lubricator mechanism | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Pipework | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Sanding gear | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Sprung front bogie | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Cab, footplate & interior detail | |||||
Detailed & painted | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Fallplate | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Glazing | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Tender | |||||
Has easy-to-use coupling to loco | No | No |
Yes |
No | No |
Has enclosure for speaker | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Houses digital decoder | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Houses PCB | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Permanently coupled to locomotive |
Yes |
No | No | No | No |
Wheel "aesthetics" | |||||
Chemically-blackened | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Coloured-plastic | No | No |
Yes |
No | No |
Nickel-plated | No | No |
Yes |
No | No |
Painted |
Yes |
No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Bufferbeam detail (pre-fitted) | |||||
Pipework - pre-fitted to front | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Pipework - pre-fitted to rear | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Sprung buffers | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Bufferbeam detail (in detailing pack) | |||||
Cosmetic coupling | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
NEM Couplings | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Mechanical | |||||
Body Construction | No | No | No |
Plastic with metal parts |
Plastic with metal parts |
Chassis construction |
Diecast |
No |
Diecast |
Diecast |
Diecast |
Loco-driven wheels (number of) |
2 wheels |
No |
2 wheels |
2 wheels |
2 wheels |
Minimum radius |
Radius 1 |
No |
Radius 2 |
Radius 2 |
Radius 2 |
Coupling socket/mounting | |||||
Fixed |
Yes |
No | No | No | No |
NEM pockets | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Non-NEM socket | No | No |
Yes |
No | No |
Coupling type |
Peco style |
No |
Tension lock |
Tension lock |
Tension lock |
Weighting (to assist adhesion) | |||||
Within boiler | No | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Within chassis |
Yes |
No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Within tender | No | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Separating the body from the chassis |
Secured with one or more screws |
No |
Secured with one or more screws |
Secured with one or more screws |
Secured with one or more screws |
Electrical | |||||
Motor type |
3-pole |
No |
Ringfield |
5-pole with flywheel |
5-pole with flywheel |
Motor location |
Locomotive |
No |
Locomotive |
Locomotive |
Locomotive |
Power collection |
2 rail DC |
No |
2 rail DC |
2 rail DC |
2 rail DC |
Pickups |
Driving and trailing wheels only |
No |
Locomotive only |
Driving wheels and tender wheels |
Driving wheels and tender wheels |
DCC speaker |
No provision for speaker |
No |
No provision for speaker |
Provision for 28mm round speaker |
Provision for 28mm round speaker |
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