Hornby R30393

BR (Late) - Stanier 5MT Black 5 - 44907

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Prototype Era
Era 5 (1957 to 1966) British Railways Late Crest

Manufacturer description

This stylish Black 5 model locomotive is a web exclusive design, making it a collectible item that will look amazing on your shelf or on your layout. With a five pole motor, sprung buffers, headlamps and a flickering firebox, this model is a must-have for era 5 modellers. The accessory pack includes fireman and driver figures, a front NEM pocket, front steps, drain cocks, lamps and lamp brackets and coupling hooks and bars. The model is complete with a 21-pin socket so you can upgrade to HM7000 control with the corresponding decoder.

History

Built at Crewe Works, this locomotive entered service in November 1945 as LMS No.4907, fitted with a boiler of the domed type. The Stanier ‘Black Five’ was among the most successful 4-6-0 ‘Mixed Traffic’ designs, equally at home on passenger work as freight, and used the length and breadth of the country, other than in deepest ‘Southern’ territory. Eighteen examples have been preserved, but No. 44907 wasn’t one of the lucky ones, being withdrawn at Liverpool’s ‘8A’ Edge Hill shed in November 1967 and broken up at Cashmore’s in Newport in June 1968.

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^* Class names often change over the lifespan of a locomotive, so this is not necessarily the class name used by the operator in the period modelled.