| "Hornby BR Railfreight Class 60 Co-Co 60015 Bow Fell Era 8 Model Train" |
| "60015 Bow Fell was the last of the class to be accepted into service by British Rail entering traffic on 24 March 1993 being allocated to the Railfreight Construction sub-sector at Immingham When Transrail was launched on 29 August 1994 at Arpley Yard it was 60015 that was selected to unveil the new Transrail livery"
Price: 138.49 |
| "Hornby Network Rail Class 31 A1A-A1A 31602 Driver Dave Green Era 9 Model Train" |
| "Entering traffic on 12 May 1960 as D5614 in April 1998 it was withdrawn for modification to Class 316 and renumbered 31602 The locomotive re-entered traffic with Fragonset as Chimera then Network Rail and was named as Driver Dave Green at Derby RTC in November 2007 marking 52 years of railway service by the driver"
Price: 134.49 |
| "Hornby BR Provincial Class 156 Set 156401 DMS No. 57401 and DMSL No. 52401 Era 8 Model Train" |
| "Two-car set 156401 comprising DMS No 57401 and DMSL No 52401 was the first of the class to enter service being built in November 1987 and sent to the RTC at Derby in December for type testing and evaluation The unit entered revenue earning service at Norwich Crown Point working East Anglia to North West express services"
Price: 97.49 |
| "Hornby BR Class 71 Bo-Bo E5001 Era 11 Model Train" |
| "The early 1950s were a time of great plans and modern ideas not least where the railways were concerned but still recovering from the financial effects of the Second World War many of these plans had to be implemented in a measured way Electric traction was seen by the newly nationalised British Rail to be the answer and so attention was focused on new routes in the Southern Region where third rail electrification had been in place since 1923 Much of BR&8217;s Southern Region passenger traffic could be accommodated by the use of EMUs but to cover the motive power requirement for 900 ton freight services as well as the Night Ferry and Golden Arrow workings a new electric locomotive was required"
Price: 131.49 |
| "Hornby BR Class 71 Bo-Bo 71012 Era 7 Model Train" |
| "The early 1950s were a time of great plans and modern ideas not least where the railways were concerned but still recovering from the financial effects of the Second World War many of these plans had to be implemented in a measured way Electric traction was seen by the newly nationalised British Rail to be the answer and so attention was focused on new routes in the Southern Region where third rail electrification had been in place since 1923 Much of BR&8217;s Southern Region passenger traffic could be accommodated by the use of EMUs but to cover the motive power requirement for 900 ton freight services as well as the Night Ferry and Golden Arrow workings a new electric locomotive was required"
Price: 131.49 |
| "Hornby BR Class 71 Bo-Bo E5022 Era 6 Model Train" |
| "The early 1950s were a time of great plans and modern ideas not least where the railways were concerned but still recovering from the financial effects of the Second World War many of these plans had to be implemented in a measured way Electric traction was seen by the newly nationalised British Rail to be the answer and so attention was focused on new routes in the Southern Region where third rail electrification had been in place since 1923 Much of BR&8217;s Southern Region passenger traffic could be accommodated by the use of EMUs but to cover the motive power requirement for 900 ton freight services as well as the Night Ferry and Golden Arrow workings a new electric locomotive was required"
Price: 131.49 |
| "Hornby BR Class 71 Bo-Bo E5018 Era 6 Model Train" |
| "The early 1950s were a time of great plans and modern ideas not least where the railways were concerned but still recovering from the financial effects of the Second World War many of these plans had to be implemented in a measured way Electric traction was seen by the newly nationalised British Rail to be the answer and so attention was focused on new routes in the Southern Region where third rail electrification had been in place since 1923 Much of BR&8217;s Southern Region passenger traffic could be accommodated by the use of EMUs but to cover the motive power requirement for 900 ton freight services as well as the Night Ferry and Golden Arrow workings a new electric locomotive was required"
Price: 131.49 |
| "Hornby BR Class 71 Bo-Bo E5005 Era 6 Model Train" |
| "The early 1950s were a time of great plans and modern ideas not least where the railways were concerned but still recovering from the financial effects of the Second World War many of these plans had to be implemented in a measured way Electric traction was seen by the newly nationalised British Rail to be the answer and so attention was focused on new routes in the Southern Region where third rail electrification had been in place since 1923 Much of BR&8217;s Southern Region passenger traffic could be accommodated by the use of EMUs but to cover the motive power requirement for 900 ton freight services as well as the Night Ferry and Golden Arrow workings a new electric locomotive was required"
Price: 131.49 |
| "Hornby DB Schenker Class 67 Bo-Bo 67013 Era 10 Model Train" |
| "A total of thirty Class 67 locomotives were built between 1999 and 2000 by Alstom in Spain for English Welsh &38; Scottish Railway (EWS) These Bo-Bo configured diesel electric locomotives have a large fuel capacity electro-pneumatic brakes and a top speed of 125mph (200kmh) The bodyshell is a monocoque load bearing Alstom design whilst the bogies also designed by Alstom are of an H frame design"
Price: 123.99 |
| "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: 86.99 |
| "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: 55.49 |
| "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: 55.49 |
| "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: 130.99 |
| "Hornby Loadhaul Class 60 Co-Co 60070 John Loundon McAdam Era 9 Model Train" |
| "60070 John Loudon McAdam was built at Brush Traction's works in October 1991 and named on October 28 1991 Along with 60050 and 60064 60070 John Loudon McAdam was one of only three locomotives to carry the Loadhaul branding over the existing Railfreight triple grey livery rather than the more familiar black with yellow ends"
Price: 138.49 |
| "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: 130.99 |
| "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 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: 63.99 |
| "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: 63.99 |
| "Hornby GBRf Class 59 Co-Co 59003 Era 10 Model Train" |
| "Resulting from an order for four locomotives by Yeoman Aggregates the Class 59 locomotives were built and introduced over a ten year period from 1985 In 1997 one of the Foster Yeoman locomotives 59003 Yeoman Highlander was exported to Germany to haul stone trains and in 2001 was sold to Heavy Haul Power International then purchased by GB Railfreight in August 2014 It returned to Great Britain in October 2014 for recommissioning into GBRf service"
Price: 67.49 |
| "Hornby LNER P2 Class 2-8-2 2001 Cock 'O The North Era 3 Model Train" |
| "The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Edinburgh to Aberdeen route had steep gradients and tight curves and the express passenger service was usually worked by a double header of two small engines To overcome this situation Nigel Gresley Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the LNER began designing a new locomotive at the LNER Doncaster Works in 1932 The 2-8-2 configured locomotive was given the classification P2 and had four driving axles for greater adhesion an A3 type boiler and a Kylchap type blastpipechimney system"
Price: 82.49 |
| "Hornby LMS Class 4P Compound 4-4-0 1072 Era 3 Model Kit" |
| "When Henry Fowler became the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London Midland Scottish Railway in 1925 he immediately set out to work on several new standard designs in an effort to reduce the number of odd classes of locomotive that had been absorbed into the LMS in 1923"
Price: 67.99 |
| "Hornby LNER A4 Class 4-6-2 4468 Mallard Era 3 Model Train" |
| "Probably the most iconic Pacific Express design of locomotive in Great Britain the LNER Gresley A4 with its streamlined casing was a classic symbol of the attitude towards speed and design in the 1930s The 1930s saw increased competition to the railways from road and air travel and the LNER Board knew that they had to make travel between the major cities faster more comfortable and more reliable High speed diesel services were starting to make an impact abroad in May 1933 the German State Railways diesel-electric Fliegende Hamburger entered service running for extended periods at 85mph and by 1934 in the USA Burlington Zephyr had reachedI I 25mph during a longer 1015 mile journey"
Price: 86.99 |
| "Hornby BR Class 90 Bo-Bo 90135 Era 8 Model Train" |
| "Developed from the Class 87 the Class 90 locomotives were manufactured and assembled at Crewe Works by BREL from 1985 until their completion in 1990 Designed as a replacement for locomotives from the Class 81 through to the Class 85 the Class 90 entered service as a mixed traffic locomotive working both freight and passenger trains"
Price: 71.99 |
| "Hornby LNER B17 Class 4-6-0 2864 Liverpool Era 3 Model Train" |
| "In 1926 with increased loading on the East Anglia passenger services and the introduction of modern vacuum-braked coaching stock there was a desperate need for a locomotive that could supplement the Holden B12 Class on the former Great Eastern routes of the London North Eastern Railway Track limitations prevented the transfer of locomotives from other regions and so Nigel Gresley was tasked by the LNER to produce a three cylinder 4-6-0 design using the cylinder and motion arrangement of the D49 but with a tractive effort of about 25000lb and a relatively light axle loading of 17 tons "
Price: 75.99 |
| "Hornby Yeoman Aggregates Class 59 Co-Co 59004 Paul A. Hammond Era 8 Model Train" |
| "The Class 59 locomotives were built and introduced over a ten year period from 1985 and were the first locomotives to be built in the USA and operated privately on the United Kingdom railway network on a regular basis The first orders arose as a consequence of Foster Yeoman becoming disillusioned with the reliability of locomotives provided for their stone and aggregate haulage services by British Rail and so four locomotives were ordered from Electro-Motive Diesel by Yeoman based on achieving a 95 reliability rate"
Price: 67.49 |
| "Hornby LNER A1 Class 4-6-2 4472 Flying Scotsman Era 3 Model Train" |
| "Following the financial collapse of Flying Scotsman plc in November 2003 4472 Flying Scotsman was put up for auction by property consultants GVA Grimley prompting fears that the iconic locomotive would be sold overseas never to run on British rails again"
Price: 105.49 |
| "Hornby R3395TTS LNER A4 Class 4-6-2 4468 Mallard Era 3 Model Train" |
| "Probably the most iconic Pacific Express design of locomotive in Great Britain the LNER Gresley A4 with its streamlined casing was a classic symbol of the attitude towards speed and design in the 1930s The 1930s saw increased competition to the railways from road and air travel and the LNER Board knew that they had to make travel between the major cities faster more comfortable and more reliable High speed diesel services were starting to make an impact abroad in May 1933 the German State Railways diesel-electric Fliegende Hamburger entered service running for extended periods at 85mph and by 1934 in the USA Burlington Zephyr had reached 1125mph during a longer 1015 mile journey"
Price: 105.49 |
| "Hornby BR Peppercorn A1 Class 4-6-2 60103 Tornado Era 11 Model Train" |
| "Built at Darlington and completed in 2008 60163 Tornado was the first new steam locomotive to be built in the United Kingdom since 92220 Evening Star in 1960 Currently operated by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust on charter services across the UK rail network Tornado even had a starring role in BBC&8217;s Top Gear in April 2009 and in April 2017 became the first steam locomotive in fifty years to officially reach 100mph"
Price: 105.49 |
| "Hornby DRS Northern Belle Train Pack Era 10 Model Train" |
| "The Northern Belle luxury train service commenced in June 2000 the result of an extensive programme of refurbishment undertaken by Venice-Simplon Orient Express featuring a number of ageing ex-BR Mk2 vehicles The refurbishment was designed to mimic that of the Pullman coaches that ran in the luxury &8216;Belle&8217; trains evoking the opulence of luxury rail travel in the 1920s and 1930s The result was coach interiors that were modified to Pullman standards with new seating lighting and wood paneling"
Price: 115.99 |
| "Hornby BR Period II 68' Dining/Restaurant Car M236M Era 4 Model Train" |
| "Length285mmPeriodEra 4 (1948 - 1956)OperatorLiveryBR Crimson &38; CreamDesignerSir Ernest LemonAge Suitability14"
Price: 38.49 |
| "Hornby BR Period III Corridor First M1047M Era 4 Model Train" |
| "Length242mmPeriodEra 4 (1948 - 1956)OperatorLiveryBR Crimson &38; CreamDesignerSir William StanierAge Suitability14"
Price: 38.49 |
