Built at Swindon Works, 20 ‘Manors’ were completed in the late 1930s, with ten further locomotives appearing in 1950.
Dapol’s newly-tooled ‘N’ gauge GWR ‘Manor’ 4-6-0 will feature a die-cast chassis, boiler and footplate, a coreless motor, an all-wheel pick-up, a Next18 Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder socket, firebox glow and space for a cube speaker in the tender.
Six ‘N’ gauge models will form the initial batch of ‘Manors’ , finished as 7818 Granville Manor in GWR (shirtbutton) green (2S-001_0054), 7814 Fringford Manor in GWR (shirtbutton) green (2S-001_0064), 7807 Compton Manor in GW green (2S-001-0074), 7800 Torquay Manor in BR black with large early crests (2S-001_0084), 7810 Draycott Manor in BR lined green with small early crests (2S-001-0094) and 7803 Barcote Manor in BR lined green with late crests (2S-001_0104).
Prices are set at £190 DCC Ready, £227.80 DCC Fitted and £308.80 DCC Sound-fitted, with release scheduled for the third quarter of 2025.
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