Charles Dickens locomotive (Marklin gauge 1)
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Charles Dickens locomotive (Marklin gauge 1) |
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An electric gauge 1 model of the LNWR "Charles Dickens" 2-4-0 locomotive, an "Improved Precedent" or "Jumbo" Class locomotive, running number 955.
The model is German, made by Märklin in around ~1902, and runs on 110 Volt power.
The original locomotive
Designed by F.W. Webb, more than one hundred and sixty of the "Jumbo" class locomotives were built at Crewe Works between 1887 and 1901.
No.955 Charles Dickens was arguably the most famous, and holds the world record for distance covered by a steam locomotive, having traversed over two million miles over its twenty years running the Manchester to London service.
One of its sibling locomotives, 790 Hardwicke, is preserved at the National Railway Museum.
