Steam Locos

By the mid-1920s there was a critical need for locomotives suitable for increasing passenger traffic on the GE District (formerly Great Eastern Railway) but track limitations prevented the transfer of locomotives from other regions. Nigel Gresley was required by the LNER to produce a 4-6-0 design to supplement the existing B12 locomotive serving that region. Initial specifications were for a three…

Limited Edition OO Gauge Train Pack A Date with the Duchy" print, numbered limited edition certificate, BR Castle Class "Taunton Castle", two BR Mk1. Composite coaches, BR Mk1 Brake coach. Barry J. Freeman set the date of this striking picture in 1957 during the days when the Western Region went through a period of creating named trains and there coaches were once more painted in the chocolate and…

Young or old, keen modeller or just a beginner, the Hornby RailRoad range answers the needs of many and is a perfect complement to the variety of locomotives, rolling stock, track, buildings, and accessories that can be found in the current Hornby catalogue. Devoid of easily damaged detail parts the suitably livered RailRoad locomotives are fitted with efficient drive mechanisms and have pickups o…

Dimensions: 293mm DCC Ready: DCC Ready Livery: LNER Finish: Pristine Special Features Loco drive

The Star Class was a G. J. Churchward designed locomotive for Mixed Traffic work. Construction of the production class commenced in 1907 and continued until 1923. During that time some 72 were built. These locomotives saw service right up to British Railways days, however by the early 1950s the majority of the class had been scrapped with the final locomotive, 'Glastonbury Abbey’ being withdrawn i…

Finish: Pristine DCC Type: DCC Ready Livery: LNER Class: P2 Wheel Configuration: 2-8-2 Dimensions: 296mm Special Features: Loco drive Hornby Railroad locomotives are models with more basic detailing, suitable for younger modellers. This model will be produced from Hornbys' new tooling for the Gresley P2, this version not being fitted with all the fine detail and etched parts of the collectors' ver…

Finish: Pristine DCC Type: DCC Ready Livery: BR (Early) Class: Schools Designer: R. Maunsell Entered Service: 1930 Detail: Extensive Cab Detail Motor: 5 Pole Skew Wound. Loco Drive Purpose: Express Passenger Wheel Configuration: 4-4-0 Dimensions: 238mm The Schools Class 4-4-0 locomotives were designed by Richard Maunsell and were originally classified as Class V. A total of 40 of these powerful ex…

Length: 260mm DCC Type: DCC Ready Livery: BR (Late)Class: 4900 Designer: C. B. Collett Entered Service: 1928 Detail: Brake Gear, Etched Nameplates Age Suitability: 14+ Motor: 3 Pole with Flywheel Purpose: Mixed Traffic Wheel Configuration: 4-6-0 Special Features: Cab detail Suitable rolling stock: R4644, R4642 Safety Notice Detailed scale model. Not suitable for children under 14 years. Please ref…

DCC Type: DCC Ready Livery: GWR Limited Edition: Yes Class: 4900 Wheel Configuration: 4-6-0 Tyseley Locomotive Works was established to preserve and demonstrate the steam locomotives in the Tyseley Connection and to operate them on the National Railway network. The Tyseley Locomotive Works site was formerly known as Birmingham Railway Museum. Tyseley Locomotive Works now has a well equipped worksh…

Length: 218mm DCC Type: DCC Ready Livery: LNER Pre 1948 Class: J15 Designer: T.W. Worsdell Entered Service: 1883 Detail: Removable Coal Load and Diecast Boiler Motor: 5 pole & twin flywheel Purpose: Mixed Traffic Wheel Configuration: 0-6-0 Special Features: NEM Couplings, Sprung Buffers Suitable rolling stock: LNER rolling stock of the period. Colour and contents of products may vary from those il…

Length: 218mm DCC Type: DCC Ready Livery: Early BR Class: J15 Designer: T.W. Worsdell Entered Service: 1883 Detail: Removable Coal Load and Diecast Boiler Motor: 5 pole & twin flywheel Purpose: Mixed Traffic Wheel Configuration: 0-6-0 Special Features: NEM Couplings, Sprung Buffers Suitable rolling stock: BR rolling stock of the period. Colour and contents of products may vary from those illustrat…

DCC Type: DCC Ready Livery: SR Limited Edition: Yes Limited Edition Size: 1,000 Class: Drummond Class 700 Period: 1940s Wheel Configuration: 0-6-0 In late May, early June 1940 a miracle occurred at Dunkirk, a town situated on the coast of Northern France when over 300,000 British and Allied service personnel were snatched from the beaches by an armada of ships of all different shapes and sizes. On…

Length: 216mm DCC Type: DCC Ready Livery: Early BR, Weathered Class: D16/3Designer: James Holden/Sir Nigel Gresley Entered Service: 1933 Detail: Diecast body and Removable Coal Load Motor: 3 Pole with Flywheel Purpose: Passenger Wheel Configuration: 4-4-0 Special Features: Cab detail, Sprung Buffers The Class D16/3 locomotives were derivatives of a prototype locomotive which was numbered 1900 afte…

Length 249mm DCC Type DCC Ready Livery Early BR Class B17/3 Designer Sir Nigel Gresley Entered Service 1928 Motor 5 Pole Skew Wound. Loco Drive Purpose Express Passenger Wheel Configuration 4-6-0 Special Features Cab detail Extensive Detail Sprung Buffers Tender Detail By the mid 1920s there was a critical need for locomotives suitable for the increasing passenger traffic on the Great Eastern Dist…

Length: 276mm DCC Type: DCC Ready Livery: Late BR Class: 6000 Designer: C. B. Collett Entered Service: 1928 Motor: 5 Pole Skew Wound. Loco Drive Purpose: Express Passenger Wheel Configuration: 4-6-0 Special Features: Brass axle bearings, Cab detail, NEM Couplings, Sprung Buffers, Tender Detail Suitable rolling stock: R4644, R4642 Safety Notice Not suitable for children under the age of 14. Please…

Hornby engineers have developed a unique sound decoder that not only provides superior DCC control but also dedicated sounds associated with the locomotives that have been installed with this new sound decoder - TTS Twin Track Sound. Sound Funtions Headlight/Rear-Light Background/Exhaust/Coasting Steam Chime Whistle Long Chime Whistle Short x 2 Doors Slamming Shut Wheel Slip Safety Valve Injector…

Gauge 00 DCC Type DCC Ready Livery BR (Lined Black) Limited Edition Yes Limited Edition Size 1,000 Designer William Adams Entered Service 1882 Wheel Configuration 4-4-2T Situated on the border between Dorset and Devon, the 6¾ mile Lyme Regis Branch line connected the coastal town of Lyme Regis, in Dorset, with the London-Exeter main line at Axminster, in Devon. Running through wonderful countrysid…

DCC Type DCC Ready Livery Late BR Class B12 Designer S. D. Holden Purpose Express Passenger Wheel Configuration 4-6-0 The restrictions on locomotive weight and length were keenly felt by the Great Eastern Railway and whilst James Holden’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 c…

Gauge 00 DCC Type DCC Ready Livery/owner LMS Limited Edition Yes Limited Edition Size 500 Class Royal Scot Entered Service 1927 Wheel Configuration 4-6-0 Special Features NEM Couplings Minister of Transport, Eric Campbell Geddes� Railways Act of 1921, enacted at the start of 1923, created the �Big Four� regional rail companies of the Great Western Railway, the London Midland Scottish Railway, the…

Gauge 00 DCC Type DCC Ready Livery/owner LNER Limited Edition Yes Limited Edition Size 500 Class A3 Age Suitability 14+ Wheel Configuration 4-6-2 Special Features NEM Couplings Minister of Transport, Eric Campbell Geddes’ Railways Act of 1921, enacted at the start of 1923, created the ‘Big Four’ regional rail companies of the Great Western Railway, the London Midland Scottish Railway, the London N…

Gauge 00 Length 253mm DCC Type DCC Ready Operator/Livery GWR, Plain Green Class Grange Designer Charles Collett Entered Service 1930s Age Suitability 14+ Motor 5 Pole Skew Wound. Loco Drive Wheel Configuration 4-6-0 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 p…

Gauge 00 Length 290mm DCC Type DCC Ready Designer Oliver Bulleid Entered Service 1950s Motor 5 Pole Skew Wound. Loco Drive Special Features NEM Couplings Conceived in 1937 when Oliver Bulleid became Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Southern Railway, the Merchant Navy Class represented Bulleid’s vision for a quick accelerating, mixed traffic 4-6-2 locomotive, equally capable of hauling passenger se…

Gauge 00 DCC Type DCC Sound Fitted Period Era 5 (1956 - 1968) Operator/Livery Late BR, Lined Green Designer Richard Maunsell Minimum Curve 2nd Radius + (438mm) Age Suitability 14+ Motor 5 Pole Skew Wound. Loco Drive In order to cope with the increasing weight of express passenger traffic on the Southern Railway following Grouping, Richard Maunsell, the Chief Mechanical Officer, needed a locomotive…

Gauge 00 DCC Type DCC Ready Period Era 5 (1956 - 1968) Operator/Livery Late BR, Lined Green/BR Maroon/BR Blue & Grey Limited Edition Yes Limited Edition Size 1,000 Designer Robert Riddles Entered Service 1951 Minimum Curve 2nd Radius + (438mm) Age Suitability 14+ Motor 5 Pole Skew Wound. Loco Drive The ’15 Guinea Special’ was the last mainline passenger train to be hauled by steam traction under B…