| "Hornby BR B17/4 Class 4-6-0 61619 Welbeck Abbey Era 4 Model Train" |
| "Locomotive 61619 Welbeck Abbey entered service on November 8 1930 having been built at Darlington in the first batch of B172 locomotives and was converted to a B176 in January 1953 whilst allocated to March Shed Renumbered under British Railways in August 1948 to 61619 Welbeck Abbey was withdrawn from service on September 19 1958"
Price: 133.99  |
| "Hornby BR B1 Class 4-6-0, 61032 'Stembok' Era 4 Model Train" |
| "The LNER 4-6-0 Class B was Edward Thompson&8217;s standardised two cylinder mixed traffic answer to the GWR&8217;s Hall Class and the LMS Stanier Black Five designed at a time of even greater austerity for the company With Nigel Gresley&8217;s sudden death on April 5 1941 Thompson was promoted to post of Chief Mechanical Engineer and immediately set about standardising locomotive design a programme that has divided opinion amongst enthusiasts ever since The Class B design satisfied the LNER&8217;s (and the nation&8217;s) wartime requirement for a cheap easy to maintain locomotive and by the time that the first locomotive 8301 Springbok entered service the class had been re-designated as B1"
Price: 145.99  |
| "Hornby BR 6800 'Grange' Class 4-6-0 6825 Llanvair Grange Era 5 Model Train" |
| "The idea for a new class of two cylinder 4-6-0 mixed traffic locomotive on the Great Western Railway came from George Churchward Chief Mechanical Officer at the time in the years preceding the First World War"
Price: 129.99  |
| "Hornby BR N15 'King Arthur' Class 4-6-0, 30792 'Sir Hervis de Revel' Era 4 Model Train" |
| "Following the successful introduction of the two-cylinder Saint class 4-6-0 locomotives in 1902 the Great Western Railway&8217;s Chief Mechanical Engineer George Jackson Churchward became interested in developing a more powerful four cylinder type for the longer non-stop express services especially with the proposed increase in train weights and speed schedules that were part of the GWR&8217;s plans for the end of the decade"
Price: 133.99  |
| "Hornby BR 52xx Class 2-8-0T 5231 Era 4 Model Train" |
| "The Great Western Railway&8217;s large Class 42xx 52xx and 72xx tank engines were an evolution of a design first conceived in 1906 by George Jackson Churchward Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway between 1902 and 1922The 2-8-0 Class 42xx was the first of its type to be used in Britain and arose because of a need for a powerful freight locomotive capable of handling increasing heavy mineral loads especially in South Wales"
Price: 116.49  |
| "Hornby United Steel Company Hunslett 'Austerity' Class 0-6-0ST 22 Era 11 Model Train" |
| "In 1942 Edgar Alcock the Hunslet Chairman convinced the Ministry of Supply that the Hunslet Class 50550 18&8221; Saddle Tank being of a more straight-forward design than the Ministry favoured LMS Jinty would be more suitable locomotive to meet the Ministry's robust demands for military operated locomotives within the UK and overseas"
Price: 73.49  |
| "Hornby BR M7 Class 0-4-4T 30129 Era 5 Model Train" |
| "When Dugald Drummond succeeded William Adams as Locomotive Superintendent of the London and South Western Railway in 1895 his first all new class was the M7 0-4-4T Derived from previous 0-4-4T designs of his at the North British and Caledonian Railways construction commenced in 1897 and continued in batches until 1911 105 being built eventually"
Price: 129.49  |
| "Hornby GWR 6000 King Class 4-6-0 6023 King Edward II Era 3 Model Train" |
| "In the mid-1920s with train load sizes increasing to and from the South West the Great Western Railway were faced with the need for even more powerful locomotives capable of hauling the heavy expresses at an average speed of 60 mph The main routes were limited to a 20 ton axle weight though so a number of the Great Western&8217;s routes had to be upgraded including the strengthening of some bridges before the Great Western&8217;s General Manager Sir Felix Pole would give his Chief Mechanical Engineer Charles Collett permission to proceed with the design and construction of a Super-Castle"
Price: 153.99  |
| "Hornby BR B12 Class 4-6-0 61576 Era 4 Model Train" |
| "The restrictions on locomotive weight and length were keenly felt by the Great Eastern Railway and whilst James Holden&8217;s S46 D56 and H88 Claud Hamilton 4-4-0 designs were not unduly restricted when he came to consider a 4-6-0 design for high performance express work the inside cylinder was his only real option To gain power Holden was quick to embrace the idea of superheating and so in 1911 the first order was placed for his S69 class locomotive"
Price: 133.99  |
| "Hornby BR Standard 4MT Class 4-6-0 75053 Era 4 Model Train" |
| "When the London Midland Scottish Railway came up with its initial standard designs in 1947 it was considered that there was no call for a mixed traffic Class 4 4-6-0 locomotive The duties for which the 4-6-0 design were suited to were amply covered by existing traction types and it wasn&8217;t until Nationalisation in 1948 that the Western Region of British Rail felt that this type of locomotive was required for use on its secondary route services"
Price: 141.99  |
| "Hornby BR Royal Scot Class 4-6-0, 46165 The Ranger Era 5 Model Train" |
| "By 1926 faced with a stock book of outdated and unsuitable mainline locomotive traction the London Midland Scottish Railway had an urgent need for &8220;provision of an improved and more powerful type of passenger engine for the purpose of avoiding double heading and duplication of certain heavy express passenger main line services&8221;"
Price: 141.99  |
| "Hornby LMS 8F Class 2-8-0 48035 Era 3 Model Train" |
| "In 1932 when William Stanier became the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London Midland Scottish most of the region&8217;s freight traffic was being hauled by ageing 0-8-0 engines many of which dated from the pre-grouping period By 1934 freight traffic accounted for 58 of the LMS&8217;s turnover and the only modern stock available for haulage were Beyer-Garrett and &8216;Austin Seven&8217; Class 7F locomotives These locomotives had serious maintenance issues as well as proving inadequate for the gradual acceleration of freight traffic as decreed by the Operating Department and so Stanier looked to the Great Western Railway for design inspiration for his new freight locomotive"
Price: 124.99  |
| "Hornby BR Rebuilt Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 35030 Elder Dempster Lines Era 5 Model Train" |
| "Conceived in 1937 when Oliver Bulleid became Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Southern Railway the Merchant Navy Class represented Bulleid&8217;s vision for a quick accelerating mixed traffic 4-6-2 locomotive equally capable of hauling passenger services (such as the Golden Arrow and Atlantic Coast Expresses) or freight workings to a speed of around 75mphIn 1934 Bulleid had been opposed the use of streamlining but for the Merchant Navy&8217;s &8216;air-smoothed&8217; design it suited his purposes being easy to clean mechanically and hiding the boiler&8217;s external pipes which in turn meant they could be run for function rather than aesthetics"
Price: 140.99  |
| "Hornby LNER J36 Class 0-6-0 722 Era 3 Model Kit" |
| "In 1887 Matthew Holmes Locomotive Superintendent of the North British Railway decided to stop building goods locomotives with 17&8221; cylinders and replace them with a larger class than the previous Drummonds Utilising the same wheelbase and firebox as the Drummond 17&8221; but with a new standard boiler the first six NBR Class C locomotives were introduced in 1888 and such was their success that by 1900 168 locomotives had been built"
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| "Hornby BR H Class 0-4-4T 31265 Era 4 Model Train" |
| "Built at Ashford works in May 1905 the locomotive entered traffic as SE&38;CR 265 and was equipped with an early type rod and pulley motor fitting for PushPull working between late 1912 and early 1914"
Price: 108.49  |
| "Hornby BR Patriot Class 4-6-0 45534 E. Tootal Broadhurst Era 4 Model Train" |
| "Based on the chassis of the Royal Scot class with the boiler from the large Claughton class the &8216;Patriot&8217; class of locomotives was the London Midland and Scottish Railway&8217;s approach to building a &8216;Second Division&8217; 5X designation locomotive at the beginning of the 1930s a role that would later be mainly fulfilled by the Jubilee classIn October 1930 the Locomotive Committee of the LMS gave the go-ahead to Sir Henry Fowler for the rebuilding of two Claughton locomotives Nos5971 and 5902 into a new class by utilising new frames spare tenders and an existing type of boiler"
Price: 140.99  |
| "Hornby LMS Princess Coronation Class 4-6-2 6229 Duchess of Hamilton Era 3 Model Train" |
| "Built at Crewe in 1938 as the last of the streamlined 'Coronations' Duchess of Hamilton entered service on September 10th At the same time the LMSR had accepted an invitation from the organisers of the World's Fair in New York to send a streamlined train out to the exposition and as the newest of the 'Coronations' 6229 was selected the name and numbers being swapped between 6229 Duchess of Hamilton and 6220 Coronation"
Price: 157.49  |
| "Hornby John Dewar & Sons R&H 48DS 0-4-0 No. 458957 Era 8 Model Train" |
| "R&38;H No 458957 left Boultham Works on 6 July 1961 being one of the final ten 48DS locomotives built and was purchased by John Dewar &38; Sons for use at their Inveralmond distillery until its closure in 1994 The locomotive was saved for preservation and is currently operating at the Bridge of Dun station on the Caledonian Railway as 'Dewar Highlander'"
Price: 68.99  |
| "Hornby Caledonian Sleeper Class 92 Co-Co 92023 Era 10 Model Train" |
| "Built in June 1995 92023 entered service named as Ravel; one of the nine SNCF owned locomotives In May 2014 Serco using traction supplied by GBRf won the franchise to operate the Caledonian Sleeper services and along with 9201014183338 92023 was prepared in Caledonian Sleeper"
Price: 72.99  |
| "Hornby DB Cargo Romania Class 92 Co-Co 91 53 0 472 001-3 Mihai Eminescu Era 10 Model Train" |
| "92012 entered service named as Thomas Hardy one of Railfreight Distribution's locomotives Passing through EWS ownership to DB Schenker 92012 was transferred to DB Cargo Romania in DB Cherry Red livery renumbered to 91 53 0 472 001-3 Mihai Eminescu yet retaining the Channel Tunnel roundels and BR arrow logo"
Price: 92.99  |
| "Hornby BR Railfreight Class 56 Co-Co 56108 Era 8 Model Train" |
| "The British Rail Class 56 Type 5 Co-Co diesel locomotive was first introduced in 1976 to cope with the increased requirement for heavy freight British Rail awarded the contract to design and build these new engines to Brush Traction in Loughborough who subsequently sub-contracted the construction to Electroputere in Romania due to the lack of capacity in their own works"
Price: 141.99  |
| "Hornby East Midlands Class 153 153379 Era 10 Model Train" |
| "The origins of the Class 153 date back to 1990 when British Rail needed replacements for its ageing fleet of Class 121 and 122 &8220;Bubble Car&8221; diesel railcars for use on the quiet Cornish Welsh North-Western Norfolk and Lincolnshire branch lines as well as augmenting rural two car units"
Price: 93.49  |
| "Hornby Barrington Light Railway Sentinel 4wDH No. 19 Era 8 Model Train" |
| "Founded as Ally &38; MacLellan Glasgow in 1875 and then later known as the Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd the company went through various place and name changes until in 1957 Sentinel (Shrewsbury) Ltd was obtained by Rolls-Royce At that time Sentinel were producing steam locomotives and lorries but the manufacturing of these vehicles ceased in 1958"
Price: 59.49  |
| "Hornby Oxfordshire Ironstone Company Sentinel 0-4-0 Graham Era 11 Model Train" |
| "Founded as Ally &38; MacLellan Glasgow in 1875 and then later known as the Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd the company went through various place and name changes until in 1957 Sentinel (Shrewsbury) Ltd was obtained by Rolls-Royce At that time Sentinel were producing steam locomotives and lorries but the manufacturing of these vehicles ceased in 1958"
Price: 59.49  |
| "Hornby Virgin Trains Class 87 Bo-Bo 87019 Sir Winston Churchill Era 9 Model Train" |
| "The Class 87 locomotive design resulted from a requirement for a more powerful mixed traffic electrical locomotive by British Rail needed to cope with the route gradients of the West Coast Main Line between Weaver Junction and Glasgow Electrification had been newly authorised over this section in 1970 and was scheduled for completion by May 1974 leaving little time to design a completely new locomotive from scratch and so British Rail decided to base the new class on the existing Class 86 locomotivesThe British Railways Board placed an order for thirty four locomotives later to be increased to thirty six with British Rail Engineering Ltd at Crewe GEC Traction providing the electrical equipment"
Price: 141.49  |
| "Hornby DCR Class 56 Co-Co 56303 Era 10 Model Train" |
| "The British Rail Class 56 Type 5 Co-Co diesel locomotive was first introduced in 1976 to cope with the increased requirement for heavy freight British Rail awarded the contract to design and build these new engines to Brush Traction in Loughborough who subsequently sub-contracted the construction to Electroputere in Romania due to the lack of capacity in their own works The initial 30 locomotives to be delivered from Romania suffered from transit damage and construction deficiencies and had to be extensively rebuilt before entering service With this in mind the decision was made to build the remaining 105 locomotives in England British Rail Engineering Ltd manufacturing them at their Doncaster Works (nos 56031 to 56115) and Crewe Works (nos 56116 to 56135)"
Price: 140.99  |
| "Hornby Beggs Tooling Class 264 Pug 0-4-0ST 854 Era 2/3 Model Train" |
| "&8216;The Celtic Yardie&8217; these small 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotives were built in Scotland during the late Victorian and early Edwardian eras and were mainly used as shunting engines in railway works yards around Glasgow Some locomotives lasted until 1962 well into British Railways&8217; service with a number being sold on to private industrial companies for use on factory railway sidings"
Price: 26.99  |
| "Hornby Blundell King Timber Merchants Type D 0-4-0T No. 7 Era 3/4 Model Train" |
| "In 1907 the locomotive superintendent of Guest Keen &38; Nettleford's Dowlais Works George Robson built a small class of heavy 0-4-0T Type D locomotives for use at the iron and steel works there two of which were named by King George V and Queen Mary in June 1912 Operating conditions for the locomotive crews at Dowlais was tough extended shifts leaving them cold tired and hungry but these large 0-4-0 tank engines coped well enough to be sold into private industrial use"
Price: 27.99  |
| "Hornby EWS Class 47/7 Co-Co 47798 Prince William Era 9 Model Train" |
| "Class 477 locomotives are a modification of Class 474 locomotives being fitted with long range fuel tanks and new cabling to work with Propelling Control Vehicles (PCV) on mail carrying services Two locomotives 47798 Prince William and 47799 Prince Henry were dedicated for use on the Royal Train from May 1995 and were designated as Class 477c before being replaced by Class 67 locomotives in 2004 and withdrawn into preservation"
Price: 68.99  |
| "Hornby EWS Class 47/7 Co-Co 47799 Prince Henry Era 9 Model Train" |
| "Class 477 locomotives are a modification of Class 474 locomotives being fitted with long range fuel tanks and new cabling to work with Propelling Control Vehicles (PCV) on mail carrying services Two locomotives 47798 Prince William and 47799 Prince Henry were dedicated for use on the Royal Train from May 1995 and were designated as Class 477c before being replaced by Class 67 locomotives in 2004 and withdrawn into preservation"
Price: 68.99  |
