437 Mainline OO Class 45 Type 4 in BR Green

Mainline 00 Type 4 Class 45 Co-Co Diesel BR Green 'The Manchester Regiment'
ME-00-37050-437
Model looks as new, little sign of layout use. Has had a light lube but will need running in as a new model on your layout. Ran very strongly on the rolling road and test track. In a near mint box with original wrapping. No instructions stops this being a mint example of this great Class 45.

The Class 45s became the main traction on the Midland Main Line from 1962, and their introduction allowed considerable acceleration of the previous steam-powered service. The Class 45s remained the main source of power on the Midland Main Line up to 1982, when they were relegated to secondary services following introduction of HSTs on the route. From 1986 Class 45s virtually disappeared from the line.[1] From the early 1980s until their withdrawal c.1988, the class were regular performers on the North Trans-Pennine line working services from Liverpool Lime Street to York, Scarborough or Newcastle via Manchester Victoria, Huddersfield and Leeds. These trains were usually formed of early British Railways Mark 2 carriages, of up to seven in a typical train.
D49/45039 The Manchester Regiment.Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (04/1983)