We are delighted to present this brand new model of the Southern Railway ‘Booster’ Electric Locomotive No. CC1 in SR Grey 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 3

Pristine SR Grey livery

Running No. CC1

Equipped with a 21 Pin DCC Decoder Socket – Recommend Decoder item No. 36-557A

Length 225mm

 

DETAIL VARIATIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS MODEL

Small Cab Windows

Single Windscreen Wiper

Single Whistle

Stencil Route Indicator Box

Twin-tread Steps between Bogies

Original Axle Boxes

Five Sandboxes per Bogie

Bogie Fuse Boxes

T-Shape Shoe Beam Flash Guards

Bufferbeam-Mounted 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