MOC - British Rail Class 20

[Andy Glascott]

Over the last18 months I've picked up a couple more 12v and 9v train motors, so have been slowly working on adding to my loco collection - my aim is to have 3 locos or trains for each loop on my layout so that at shows I'm not running any one train/loco for more than 20 to 30 minutes at a time - got to look after these vintage machines! 

The BR Class 20 is the third loco for my freight loop, and while I can't find any photos of one in this colour scheme, there are so many of these still about of the original 228, and they've been running for so long (coming up to 70 years!) there's a good chance one did appear in something like this. The closest I've found is this one. The colour scheme and design are based on this Rebrickable design which cleverly incorporates a newer battery box into the colour scheme. The 12v motor limits the detail you can add to the bogies, but I can live with that. 

Sadly, I can't get Flickr to play ball tonight and insert images so here's a link to the photostream, specifically the first of 3 pics of the loco... Might be time for a different image hosting account...

Edited June 21, 2025 by Andy Glascott
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[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

I find this locomotive very well made (and I like the livery) 

I don't think that the fact of not having details on the bogies makes it less fascinating since it has to be placed next to other vintage locomotives. 

In the photos, however, I'm surprised to see the 12v engine on the 9v tracks ... is it just because you didn't have 12v tracks ready?

[Hod Carrier]

On 6/21/2025 at 2:18 AM, Andy Glascott said:

Sadly, I can't get Flickr to play ball tonight and insert images so here's a link to the photostream, specifically the first of 3 pics of the loco... Might be time for a different image hosting account...

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Nice "Chopper", by the way. Good to see some triple grey. 

[Andy Glascott]

Thank you @LEGO Train 12 Volts, and yes, good spot about the 9v track. The reason is simple, the 12v modules of my layout are in storage between shows, I’m working on the first of 6 9v modules now, so that’s the one that is available in my build space from loco pics 😀

@Hod Carrier I found that post the other day but couldn’t get the images to post and didn’t have a lot of time to play around (I’m now away with work for a week as well and only on mobile devices with a data connection so not going to try again for now).

[Vilhelm22]

A fine choice of loco and livery there @Andy Glascott!  Choppers are fine locomotives (I may or may not have one vaguely in the works in a folder somewhere) and good choice of triple grey as a less commonly built livery (can't think what else I've seen beyond a gronk).  

Don't suppose you're planning on building a second since they usually run together?

[Andy Glascott]

Possibly at some point @Vilhelm22, would certainly look good as a pair, but I’ll have to test this motor in running mode first to see what it can pull, both trains on the freight loop are quite long for 12v.