Rapido Trains UK announce Caledonian Railway Single No.123 4-2-2, LNWR D84 Open Goods and D90 Loco Coal Wagons, and batch two liveries of their Evolution coach range in 00 Gauge.

Contributed by: Graham Muspratt

31 Jan 2025 00:00am

Rapido Trains UK have announced Caledonian Railway Single No.123 4-2-2, LNWR D84 Open Goods and D90 Loco Coal Wagons, and batch two liveries of their Evolution coach range in 00 gauge.

No.123 was originally conceived as a display locomotive, to be shown off as the Caledonian Railway’s best at the 1886 International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art in Edinburgh. CR No.123 entered service on the Caledonian Railway shortly after the conclusion of the Exhibition. Having already been renumbered by the Caledonian a few years before, the LMS renumbered her once more when they claimed ownership of the Caledonian Railway.
Assigned the power class 1P she was issued No.14010 and painted in LMS Maroon. In 1965 CR No.123 finally retired, and was placed in the Glasgow Transport Museum
No.123 will be available in its post-1927 rebuilt condition. Four liveries and versions will be available featuring 21-pion decoder, factory fitted speaker, cosmetic inside motion and fire box flicker effect: 982001: Caledonian Blue No.123 (Railtour Condition)
982002: LMS Lined Red No.14010
982003: LMS Lined Black No.14010
982004: 'What If' BR Lined Black Early Crest No.54010
To view and pre-order the Caledonian 123 locomotive click here>>>

In 1904 the London & North Western Railway new design of 18ft long 4 plank open wagons to Diagram 84. A new loco coal version was produced which featured additional bottom doors to Diagram 90. It is believed that approximately 2500 D90 Loco Coal Wagons were built, and just over 15000 D84s were passed to the LMS upon the grouping of the railways in 1923. Both prototypes survived through to the nationalisation of the railways, several examples were also inherited by Royal Naval Armament Depots and the Port of London Authority for private use, and a handful made it into preservation.
Twelve different Diagram 84 and five diagram 90 wagons are being produced:
950001: LNWR D84 4-Plank Open - No.34049 LNWR Diamonds
950002: LNWR D84 4-Plank Open - No.33550 LNWR Diamonds
950003: LNWR D84 4-Plank Open - No.17882 LNWR Grey
950004: LNWR D84 4-Plank Open - No.30582 LNWR Grey
950005: LNWR D84 4-Plank Open - No.275209 LMS Grey (pre-1936)
950006: LNWR D84 4-Plank Open - No.244157 LMS Grey (pre-1936)
950007: LNWR D84 4-Plank Open - No.224433 LMS Bauxite (post-1936)
950008: LNWR D84 4-Plank Open - No.211173 LMS Bauxite (post-1936)
950009: LNWR D84 4-Plank Open - No.21439 BR Departmental
950010: LNWR D84 4-Plank Open - No.M230481 BR Grey
950011: LNWR D84 4-Plank Open - No.281 RNAD
950012: LNWR D84 4-Plank Open - No.C55 PLA
950013: LNWR D90 4-Plank Open - No.48166 LNWR Loco Coal
950014: LNWR D90 4-Plank Open - No.543436 LNWR Loco Coal
950015: LNWR D90 4-Plank Open - No.248000 LMS Grey (pre-1936)
950016: LNWR D90 4-Plank Open - No.256069 LMS Bauxite (post-1936)
950017: LNWR D90 4-Plank Open - No.257236 BR Grey
To view and pre-order the LNWR open wagons click here>>>

Evolution Batch 2 will include Brake Third, Third, First, Composite and Full Brake non-corridor coach body variants.
Multipacks will also be available for all liveries, and contain a Brake Third, Third, and Composite body version.
For modellers who wish to extend their rake, the single versions of each coach feature alternative running numbers to their multipack counterparts.
Evolution Batch 2 includes liveries from the following railway companies:
London and South Western Railway Salmon and Brown
Caledonian Railway Purple Madder and White
Highland Railway Green and White
Metropolitan Railway Teak
London Transport Brown
Great Western Railway Chocolate and Cream (Early Monogram)
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Brown & Umber
Great Eastern Railway Crimson
North Eastern Railway Crimson Lake
LMS Period 1
To view and pre-order the Evolution Batch two coaches click here>>>

Subject to alteration.

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