Hornby R3765 Peckett B2 Steam Locomotive Number 1456 in Works Livery - OO Gauge

Peckett 1456 was built in 1918 for the Bloxham & Whiston Ironstone Co. Ltd, a firm started by the Whiston Ironstone Co. Ltd in 1914 then becoming B&WI Co. Ltd from 22 December 1917. Following the First World War, ironstone was exploited as a resource and in 1918 the B&WI Co. Ltd were in possession of 191 acres of land in and around Bloxham. The workings were short lived though, being abandoned by 1921 and 1456 was sold onto Stewarts & Lloyds Minerals Ltd, working the Harringworth Ironstone Quarries between 1923 and 1952 when the locomotive was scrapped. Tech Specs Item Length - Without Packaging (cm) 9.7 Item Scale 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge Finish Painted Colour Green Gauge OO DCC Status DCC Ready 6 pin socket Operator Private Owner Designer Peckett & Sons Livery Peckett, Works Green Minimum Curve (mm) Radius 1 Motor 3 Pole Skew wound Class Peckett B2