Expected Delivery Q4 2026 (Subject to Change at Manufacturer's Discretion).

The most requested number/livery combination for our second run, No. 7822 Foxcote Manor was the second of the British Railways 78XX locomotives built, entering service at Oswestry in December 1950.

It received lined green exactly seven years later, following a short stint in plain black at Chester, before spending most of its career on the Cambrian lines at Oswestry, Machynlleth, and Shrewsbury.

Another member of the famed Royal Train quintet prepared under Oswestry shed foreman A.E. Swannick in August 1963, it regularly hauled the Cambrian Coast Express to and from Aberystwyth, as well as undertaking passenger, parcels, milk, and freight duties. Withdrawn in November 1965 during the major cull of the class, it was one of ten Manors to go that year, leaving only two in traffic.

Happily, it was saved by the Foxcote Manor Society in January 1975 after nearly a decade at Barry scrapyard. Following a decade at Oswestry, restoration was completed at the Llangollen Railway, with the locomotive returning to traffic in April 1988. Withdrawn from service again in August 2023, it is now at Tyseley undergoing a major overhaul.

Common Features:

• Highly-detailed OO gauge model, 1:76.2 scale on 16.5mm track
• Based on 3D scan of 7808 Cookham Manor and full works drawings provided by Great Western Society, Didcot
• Surveys undertaken with assistance of Erlestoke Manor Fund, Dinmore Manor Loco Ltd and Tyseley Locomotive Works
• Smokebox and chimney correctly represents as-built GWR condition or post-1952 BR redraughting
• Fully-detailed cab interior with many separate parts 
• Die-cast metal chassis, running plate and body
• Scale width wire handrails
• Etched metal/plastic and lost wax detail parts, incl. grab handles, steps, drain cocks, etc
• Etched metal pre-painted name and numberplates
• High-fidelity dummy screw couplings
• Fully sprung metal buffers and factory-installed pipework
• Tapered or straight buffer housings where applicable
• Brake blocks in line with wheels
• Front mini-tension lock coupler can be replaced by accurate front pony truck moulding
  

Tender Details:

• Churchward 3,500 gal tender with numerous variations including riveted and flush sides, narrow or wide hornplates, three different styles of spring hanger and underframe-mounted water scoop
• Fully sprung metal buffers, factory-installed pipework and high fidelity dummy screw couplings
• Early tapered, tapered or straight buffer housings where applicable
• Optional overhead warning plate bracket on late-BR examples
• Kinetic NEM coupler mounts on tender at correct height with mini-tension-lock couplers
• DCC decoder socket in tender
• Choice of lift out sections: empty or simulated ‘coal’ load

DCC / Electronic Features:

• Very high-quality motor with flywheel, low starting voltage and smooth power delivery
  
• DCC ready or factory-installed DCC Sound options
  
• DCC Sound locomotives have speaker mounted in smokebox and speaker in tender
  
• PowerPack capacitor bank for uninterrupted power and sound
  
• Flickering firebox light (synchronised with sound on DCC installed models)
  
• Electrical pickup from all tender and locomotive driving wheels

Traction Features:

• Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd Radius Set-track)
  
• Die-cast metal chassis, running plate and body with sprung centre driving axle
  
• Helical Gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running
  
• Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a realistic top speed
  
• RP25-110 profile OO gauge wheels