Rapido Trains UK announce the versions of their Manning Wardle L Class 0-6-0ST in 00 gauge

Contributed by: Graham Muspratt

23 Aug 2024 00:00am

Rapido Trains UK have announced the versions of their Manning Wardle L Class 0-6-0ST in 00 gauge that are available to pre-order now.

Manning Wardle is a manufacturer held dear by many industrial railway enthusiasts. With a long tenure building some of the world's most eye-catching and often somewhat quaint-looking engines, Manning Wardle's origins go back to the earliest days of railway history.
With Manning Wardle sending locos around the globe, an element of standardisation within their design and manufacturing process was deemed a sensible step forward. So, the Manning Wardle designers conceived these standard classes, a selection of locomotives of varying sizes and power. This allowed contractors and private owners to choose suitable locos for their needs. Each class was simply given a different letter to denote its type.
The L Class was a loco that was favoured by civil engineering contractors and also worked on several light railways, with two versions surviving into preservation.

The Rapido L Class model will feature a smooth-running mechanism, a factory-installed speaker, NEM coupler pockets, and an ESU Next18 decoder socket. Individual models will include variations of the cab, cab steps, frames, wheels, buffers and buffer beams, smokebox and smokebox doors, valves, tanks and backhead.
The models can be personalised with a selection of interesting extra parts in the accessory bag such as vacuum pipes, coupling chains and dumb buffers.


Eight versions are being produced as per the image above, due during late 2025, and can be pre ordered here>>>

Subject to alteration.

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