SDS HO 900 Class Locomotive # 908 - SAR - 1950s - DCC Sound

Arguably the first of the streamliners, and Australian built mainline locomotives. The SAR 900 class diesel-electric locomotive were designed and built in-house by the South Australia Railways, they used English Electric V16 engines. English Electric also supplied the generators and traction motors.

The 10 units were delivered between 1951 and 1953, all were out-of-service by mid 1985.

900 Lady Norrie is preserved by the National Rail Museum, she also ventured across into Victoria to appear at Spencer Street station for the Aus Steam 88 festival. 907 and 909 were operated by SteamRanger tourist railway until 1995.

Features:

• Highly detailed Ready-to-Run HO gauge model
• Precisely tooled plastic body (ABS)
• Genuine Kadee scale head whisker coupler
• Separately applied handrails and detail parts
• 5-Pole skew wound electric motor and dual flywheels
• All wheel drive and electrical pickup
• LED head and marker lights
• All models come standard with an MTC 21 pin motherboard
• DCC sound included