N Gauge
Graham Farish
372-628AS DCC Sound LMS Ivatt 2MT 46447 BR Lined Black Loco
Brand new item from our New Yorkshire model railway shop.
Analogue Users: Normal-load running sounds,
acceleration steam chuff sounds and any other automatic and randomised sounds
can be enjoyed when using this model on analogue control (DC) straight from the
box!
MODEL FEATURES:
SOUNDS
F1 - Sound On / Sound Off
F2 - Brake (Non-Latching)
F3 - Cylinder Drain Cocks
F4 - Single Whistle (Speed Related)
F5 - Reverser
F6 - Shovelling Coal
F7 - Injectors
F8 - Blower
F9 - Flange Squeal (Speed Related)
F10 - Safety Valve
F11 - Handbrake (locomotive will not move with the handbrake
applied)
F12 - Water Tank Filling
F13 - Coupling Clank
F14 - Light Engine Mode
F15 - Fade All Sounds
F16 - Guard’s Whistle
F17 - Automatic Wagon Buffering
F18 - Unfitted Freight Mode
F19 - Pinned Brakes (F18 must be On)
F20 - Detonators
F21 - Short ‘Toot Toot’ Whistle
F22 - Long Duration Whistle
F23 - Short Duration Whistle
F24 - ‘Clear from the Guard’
F25 - 'Going under Charlie’
F26* - Guard to Driver Instructions
F27 - Volume Down
F28 - Volume Up
* A selection of different instructions can be selected via
CV changes
IVATT 2MT HISTORY
Designed by H. G. Ivatt for the London, Midland &
Scottish Railway (LMS), 128 of these Class 2 Moguls were built for light
freight and passenger duties. With construction commencing in 1946, just twenty
examples were built by the LMS and the remaining 108 were outshopped by British
Railways following Nationalisation in 1948. The construction programme was
completed in 1952 and these Mixed Traffic locomotives would go on to operate on
all the BR regions, with the exception of the Southern. Light axle loadings
allowed the Ivatt 2MTs to be used on most routes including branch lines, where
their almost enclosed cabs made them ideal for working tender first when no
turning facilities existed. The design provided the basis for the BR Standard
Class 2MT 2-6-0, and the two are very similar in appearance, with the Standard
version having only a modified cab and tender profile to allow unrestricted
route availability across the British network.
With BR progressively closing more and more branch lines,
and rationalising others – often employing new diesel multiple units to provide
a more economical passenger service – duties for small locomotives like the
Ivatt 2MTs began to disappear and the decline of the class began in 1961 when
the first example was withdrawn. The Mogul’s versatility and its relatively
modern design however ensured that many examples were still in traffic until
the mid-1960s, but by 1967 all had been withdrawn. Thankfully, seven Ivatt 2MT
have been preserved and the type is an ideal source of motive power for many of
the trains running on heritage railways today.