HE3806 - Wilbert - DCC SoundWilbert as we have come to know him, was built by Hunslet, Leeds, in 1953. One of a number of postwar austerities, ordered by the National Coal Board. It was delivered in December that year to Rawnsley loco shed, Staffordshire for its first employment in the South Staffordshire coalfield and was painted a light green colour. Works number 3806 led an average working life, moving around the coalfield to Cannock shed, and then West Cannock. At some point

Boiler exhaust

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as well as end plates

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Factory-Installed DCC Sound available with ESU LokSound V5 fitted with large  speaker and sugarcube style speaker

They are moreover suitable for a wide range of Industrial steam prototypes

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Sprung metal buffers

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Factory-fitted pipework

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