86213 Lancashire Witch

Compared with some counties, there's a wider choice of locos containing Lancashire in their titles. Several steam and diesel locos feature military regiments, and 86413/86613 is named County of Lancashire. As I'm not a member or volunteer associated with the East Lancashire Railway I chose not to model 37418 which was named after the railway. RailUK also mentions 156464 which was named Lancashire DalesRail in 2010.

For once I wanted a different combination instead of the usual "County of ..." which is predominantly represented in my collection. Lancashire Witch was unusually named in Burnley, well away from its normal haunts. It's the only loco in my collection which represents a preserved example http://www.aclocogroup.co.uk/stock86213.php and has been based at Wembley and Willesden depots in preservation.

My model is based on Hornby's R2415 Novelty, with just a name and number change. It hasn't been hardwired for DCC yet. I think its 5-pole ringfield motor is good enough to justify hardwiring rather than spending money replacing the chassis with the one from their R3058 class 86 Freightliner, which has the current style of motor bogie and is DCC ready.