Hornby Railways RailRoad Plus BR Infrastructure, Class 47, Co-Co, 47803 – Era 8

The Hornby RailRoad Plus BR Infrastructure, Class 47, Co-Co, 47803 – Era 8 in the range of Diesel Locomotives accurately recreates the real life locomotive.

The British Rail Class 47 is a class of British railway diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in the 1960s by Brush Traction. A total of 512 Class 47s were built at Crewe Works and Brush’s Falcon Works, Loughborough between 1962 and 1968, which made them the most numerous Class of British mainline diesel locomotive.

They were classified as Type 4s.They were fitted with the Sulzer 12LDA28C twin-bank twelve-cylinder unit producing 2,750 bhp (2,050 kW) – though this was later derated to 2,580 bhp (1,920 kW) to improve reliability – and have been used on both passenger and freight trains on Britain’s railways for over 50 years.

Manufacturer: Hornby
Model: R30186 RailRoad Plus BR Infrastructure, Class 47, Co-Co, 47803 – Era 8