Jones Goods from Rapido

RAPIDO Trains plans to release models of the Highland Railway’s ‘Jones Goods’ 4-6-0s in late 2022/early 2023, the manufacturer announced at the Model Rail Scotland show, held in Glasgow on February 25-27.

No. 103, the sole-surviving member of the class, is on display in the Riverside Museum in Glasgow. A working 3D-printed sample has enabled members of the Rapido team to prove that the frames around the model’s bogie won’t impair running through trainset curves.

Variants are due to include:

No. 103, 1960s HR yellow;

No. 106, HR Jones green: No. 107, HR Drummond green; No. 17920, LMS unlined black (early); No. 17924, LMS lined black; and No. 17917, LMS unlined black (late).

The tooling suite has enabled Rapido to produce details on the different versions, including chimneys, smokeboxes and tenders.