Trumpeter 1:700 05783 USS California BB-44 1941 Locomotive Mk3 coaches are 75ft (23m)

Mk3 coaches are 75ft (23m) long enabling far greater capacity than older coaches

including Swissair and Deutsche Luft Hansa

'Laddie' Lucas

The first five withdrawals were all due to accident damage with the first planned decommissioning taking place in February 1986

The locomotive and tender have electrical pick-up on all driving and tender wheels

Trumpeter 1:700 05783 USS California BB-44 1941 Locomotive Mk3 coaches are 75ft (23m)USS CALIFORNIA (BB 44), the second of two Tennessee Class turbo electric battleships, was laid down on October 25th 1916, launched on November 20th 1919 and commissioned on August 10th 1921. At the time, CALIFORNIA was the largest warship built at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California. In the raid on Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941 CALIFORNIA was sunk by Japanese torpedo action. Following the crews successful efforts that prevented capsize,