CL1 Class 498 0-6-0T locomotive £50.00
Packed Weight 350g
C.R. numbers 498/9,527-538; L.M.S. numbers 16151-16164
Sheded mainly around the central belt of Scotland for working the tightly curved dock and colliery railways inaccessible to the standard Class 782 tanks, these were a long lived prototype first built in 1912 and finally withdrawn in 1962.
Photo of 16152 in LMS days
"Wha dare meddle wi' me" - a loose translation of the Scottish motto (nemo me impune lacessit, litterly meaning "no-one provokes me with impunity") which was appropriated along with the Scottish coat of arms (without any sanction from the Lord Lyon, King of Arms) by the Caledonian Railway Co.
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