Bachmann 58742BE

Percy the Small Engine with Moving Eyes

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Prototype Eras
Era 2 (1875 to 1922) Pre-grouping
Era 3 (1923 to 1947) The Big Four (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR)
Era 4 (1948 to 1956) British Railways Early Crest

Fictitious Livery - Prototype eras are merely an indication of when this item may have run, if it really existed!

Manufacturer description

Highlights

• moving eyes
• realistic resemblance to the character in the series
• compatible with OO/HO gauge track and model railways
• DCC ready
• 3+ compliant 
• suitable for young Thomas & Friends(TM)  fans

 

Meet Percy

 

Percy is a green four-wheeled (0-4-0 Tank) steam engine with the number 6 painted on his coal bunker.  Percy first appeared in 1950 in the 5th book in Reverend Wilbert Awdry's The Railway Series, entitled 'Troublesome Engines,' and was given his own book, No.11, 'Percy the Small Engine.' He frequently works with Troublesome Trucks.

 

All of the locomotives in The Railway Series are based on real historical engines; Percy has a resemblance to a typical 0-4-0 tank locomotive built by the Avonside Engine Company of Bristol in the early 20th Century.

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