First 'Hello!', Farish 47 712 snowplough question

[Michanglais]

Hello,

I'm new to the Forum, tho not new to the scale. I've been a fan of Continental European N for some time, along with being interested in other scales and locations but, recently, I've started to focus down on trains from Britain and French-speaking parts of the world, mainly in N gauge. I'm looking forward to getting involved in discussions!
My first question is about what I think will be my next purchase - the Farish 47, Lady Diana Spencer. I was wondering whether it came with snowploughs and, if so, how easy they are to fit? I'm very partial to a British loco with snowploughs! I've seen a couple of vids of people having some difficulty with fitting the 'ploughs on the Farish 37 and wondered whether this loco might be the same?

[Steven B]

47712 Lady Diana Spencer wasn't fitted with snowploughs so I'd be very surprised if any are included with the model.

I don't believe that Farish has released a Class 47 with snowploughs, but I'd guess they'd be the same as those fitted to some class 37 - i.e. you need to remove the coupling pocket, although with a bit of work you can retain the coupling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DPSjF-u0QM

The newest class 20 due later this year come with snowploughs fitted to the cab end - might be worth checking Farish spares when the model is released to see if they're available separately.

[Newportnobby]

Welcome to the forum, Mich

[Michanglais]

"47712 Lady Diana Spencer wasn't fitted with snowploughs so I'd be very surprised if any are included with the model.

I don't believe that Farish has released a Class 47 with snowploughs, but I'd guess they'd be the same as those fitted to some class 37 - i.e. you need to remove the coupling pocket, although with a bit of work you can retain the coupling"


That's interesting to know! I had blanket assumed all Scotrail 47s were fitted with ploughs. My bad! Thanks for the info!

[Steven B]

Looking at period photos on Flickr I'd suggest plough fitted class 47s were in the minority. It could be the spread was related to which depot the loco was allocated - Inverness or Aberdeen based locos may be more likely to carry them for example.

Ploughs were certainly more common amongst other classes - 26 and 27 carried them much more regularly for example; This may be down to them spending more time on the more remote lines.