We are delighted to present this model of the Southern Railway ‘Booster’ Electric Locomotive No. 20001 in BR Green livery as part of the EFE Rail OO scale range. Conceived in the late-1930s to take advantage of the Southern’s expansive electrified network, two of these Co-Co locomotives were built, gaining the nickname the ‘Boosters’ due to their motor-generator-flywheel drive arrangement employed to overcome ‘gapping’, when the locomotive could momentarily loose its electrical supply when travelling over gaps in the conductor rail.
Produced especially for the EFE Rail range, this all-new model features a wealth of detail with a varied tooling suite allowing the first two locomotives, CC1 and CC2, to be modelled accurately at various points in their careers. Driven by a 5 pole, skew wound motor with flywheel, each of the six axles are driven whilst all twelve wheels provide electrical pickup. Directional lighting will operate in the forwards direction (the real locomotives were not fitted with tail lights), whilst cab lighting can be operated using a magnetic wand when used on analogue control, or when a 21 Pin DCC decoder is fitted, via two DCC functions. A speaker is pre-fitted to every model, allowing a sound decoder to be fitted to bring another dimension to your model in an instant.
EFE Rail OO Scale
Era 5
Pristine BR Green livery
Running No. 20001
Equipped with a 21 Pin DCC Decoder Socket – Recommend Decoder item No. 36-557A
Length 235mm (over couplings)
DETAIL VARIATIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS MODEL
Standard Cab Windows
Vertical Handrail alongside the Left Hand Cab Window
Two Windscreen Wipers
Twin Whistles
Route Indicator Discs
Single-tread Steps between Bogies
Original Axle Boxes
Two Sandboxes per Bogie
Square Shoe Beam Flash Guards
Standpipe Vacuum Pipes
EFE RAIL SR BOOSTER SPECIFICATION
MECHANISM:
Five pole, skew wound, twin shaft motor with two flywheels providing drive to both bogies
All axle drive
Electrical pickup from all wheels
Separate metal bearings fitted to each axle
Diecast metal chassis block
Gearing arranged for prototypical running speeds and haulage capabilities
5mm (OO gauge) wheels to NEM310 & NEM311 standards with authentic ‘Bulleid’ profile and detailing
Bogie-mounted coupling pockets to NEM362 standards at each end
Designed to operate on curves of second radius (438mm) or greater
DETAILING:
Metal Pantograph, sprung for posing in the up or down position
Bogies constructed from multiple components featuring full relief detail
Separately applied detail parts, including lamp irons, handrails, roof vents and whistles
Sprung buffers
Cab interior detailing including seats, power handle, brake wheel and dials
Each model supplied with a full set of decorated, model-specific bufferbeam pipework and accessory parts
LIGHTING:
Directional lighting (forward direction only)
Cab lighting, switchable on/off via magnetic wand, or via two separate functions when used on DCC
Authentic light colours and temperatures selected for each model based on era and application
DCC:
21 Pin DCC decoder interface
SOUND:
Speaker installed in all models for optimum sound reproduction
LIVERY APPLICATION:
Authentic liveries applied to all models
Multiple paint applications employed on each model using SR/BR specification colours
Logos, numerals and text added as appropriate using multi-stage tampo printing using authentic typefaces, logos and colours
