The Class 74 Electro-Diesel Locomotive is the next new tooling model to be developed for the EFE Range and a subject that has never before been produced as a mainstream ready to run model in OO Scale. 
This class of ten locomotives was creating by rebuilding redundant Class 71 Electrics and whilst they operated for little more than a decade at the most, their work was varied and spanned the early years of the popular BR Blue era making this new model a must for any Southern Region modeller depicting the period from the end of steam to the late-1970s.
The new EFE Rail model boasts a high level of detail and technical features. Powered by a high-quality coreless motor, drive is provided to both bogies and every axle, and electrical collection comes from every wheel. DCC provision comes by way of a 21 pin decoder socket whilst there is space for a speaker to be fitted. Cab lighting is available to both analogue and DCC users, along with illuminated blinds at each end, for which a selection of interchangeable route blinds are provided. The lighting features can be switched on/off via DCC, whilst analogue users can use the chassis-mounted switches to turn the cab lights on/off, and a second switch allows the illuminated blinds to be turned off at the trailing end. The models sport NEM coupling pockets and sprung buffers along with etched metal grilles, separate metal handrails and a full complement of cab end cables and bufferbeam pipework. 
•EFE Rail OO Scale
•Era 7
•Weathered BR Blue livery
•Running No. 74009
•Equipped with a 21 Pin DCC Decoder Socket – recommended Decoder item No. 36-557A
•Length 205mm (over couplings)