Quarry Hunslet 0-4-0ST 'Alice' Dinorwic Quarry Red
We are proud to present the iconic Quarry Hunslet as the launch locomotive for the new Bachmann Narrow Gauge NG7 Scale range. Depicting ‘Alice’, the locomotive built for the Dinorwic Quarry and after which the ‘Alice Class’ was named, this new model builds on the success of its smaller, award-winning Bachmann Narrow Gauge OO9 scale cousin. The larger NG7 scale affords a higher level of detail, along with an enhanced technical specification which includes a Next18 DCC decoder socket, pre-fitted speaker and firebox lighting system – which comes into full effect when the hinged firebox door is posed in the open position.
With a diecast metal chassis and gearbox, coupled with a precision moulded plastic bodyshell, cylinder block, frames and footplate, the 0-4-0ST wheel formation is faithfully modelled, with authentically profiled wheels running in metal bearings which ensures smooth running. A wealth of separately fitted detail parts complete the model, including handrails, valves, springs, brake shoes and cab controls. All of this is finished with a high-fidelity livery application, using the latest techniques to capture every aspect of the prototype’s decoration. Coupling solutions provided with this new NG7 model include two types of chopper coupling and the hook and loop type used on Bachmann Narrow Gauge OO9 scale models – all of which attach via the NEM coupling pockets.
MODEL FEATURES:
Bachmann Narrow Gauge NG7 Scale
Era 2
Pristine Dinorwic Quarry Red livery
Named ‘Alice’
Etched Name Plates and Works Plates included
Equipped with a Next18 DCC Decoder Socket – Recommend Decoder item No. 36-567A
Length 84mm
DETAIL VARIATIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS MODEL
Open Cab
Dumb Buffers (two lengths supplied)
Angled Frames
Short Chimney
Riveted Water Tank
Backhead Injectors
Ramsbottom Safety Valves
Single Smokebox-mounted Lubricator
Blower supply fitted to left hand side of locomotive
Tank-mounted Tool Rests
BACHMANN NARROW GAUGE NG7 QUARRY HUNSLET SPECIFICATION
MECHANISM:
Coreless motor
Electrical pickup from all wheels
Separate metal bearings fitted to each axle
Diecast metal chassis block
Diecast metal gearbox, with gearing arranged for prototypical running speeds and haulage capabilities
5mm (NG7/O-16.5 narrow gauge) wheels to NEM310 & NEM311 standards with authentic profile and detailing
Detachable coupling pockets to NEM362 standards fitted at each end, into which a standard NG7 coupling is fitted (alternative couplings provided for optional fitting)
Designed to operate on curves of first radius (371mm) or greater
DETAILING:
Precision moulded plastic bodyshell, cylinder block, frames and footplate
Authentic outside-framed running gear with valve gear constructed completely from metal components
Highly detailed and decorated cab interior including separately fitted regulator, reverser lever, handbrake and gauge frames, and hinged firebox door which can be posed open/closed
Separately applied details including reverser, injectors, handrails, smokebox dart, whistle, brake blocks, springs, and tool brackets & Lamp Irons (where applicable)
Each model supplied with a set of authentically decorated etched name plates and works plates
Each model supplied with an accessory pack including alternative couplings, bufferbeam filler plates and fire tools
LIGHTING:
Firebox Glow (on analogue) / Firebox Glow & Flicker (on DCC or when SOUND FITTED models are used on analogue)
DCC:
Next18 DCC decoder interface
SOUND:
Speaker installed in all models for optimum sound reproduction
Zimo MS590N18 DCC Sound Decoder fitted to SOUND FITTED versions
Sound files produced specifically for the Bachmann Narrow Gauge Quarry Hunslet using recordings from real locomotives
SOUND FITTED models operate on DCC and Analogue control as supplied
LIVERY APPLICATION:
Authentic liveries applied to all models
Multiple paint applications employed on each model
Logos, numerals and text added as appropriate using multi-stage tampo printing incorporating authentic typefaces, logos and colours
QUARRY HUNSLET ‘ALICE’ HISTORY
The Quarry Hunslet locomotives were built by the Hunslet Engine Company of Leeds. Rather than denoting a single design, the term Quarry Hunslet refers to several different locomotive types, each built to a similar design, but with specifics suited to their intended use. The first Quarry Hunslets were the Penrhyn Port Class, built for shunting duties at Port Penrhyn, the coastal port of Penrhyn Quarry – once the largest slate quarry in the world. These locomotives sported a 4ft wheelbase and the first example was delivered in 1883.
In 1886 the nearby Dinorwic Quarry, Wales’s second largest slate quarry, took delivery of its first Quarry Hunslet, named ‘Velinheli’. Smaller than the Penrhyn locos with a wheelbase of just 3ft 3in, the second Dinorwic loco, delivered in 1889 and originally named ‘Alice’, would lend its name to the locomotive type and by 1904 eleven Alice Class Qu
