British Rail Class 27
In 1961, British Rail ordered 69 Class 27
locomotives from the Smethwick-based
Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon
Company. The Swiss company Sulzer
Brothers supplied the four traction motors
used on this locomotive.
These locomotives also featured a steam
boiler, which could be used to heat the
passenger cars. For years, they ser-
viced the famous West Highland Line in
Scotland.
Class 27 was fully retired in 1987, but
eight of these engines remain active on
tourist heritage lines.
This LEGO locomotive can be run by
the Digital Command Control (DCC)
system, a standard model railway system
that enables multiple ...
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