In stock now is Dapol's new N Gauge LNER Class A3 4-6-2 'Flying Scotsman' Train Pack! This lovely new set includes this iconic locomotive in LNER apple green, along with three matching LNER Gresley Teak coaches.
Dapol's range of LNER Class A1 and A3 4-6-2 locomotives feature lots of expertly applied details based on the real prototypes, a finely moulded body and excellent running capabilities thanks to a robust mechanism. Aside from the new train pack we do have some other single locomotives available as well in alternative liveries!
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Product Features
Finely moulded body and tender with many separately added fine details
Highly Detailed Finish
Models include tender, chimney, steam dome variations and some with smoke deflectors
Dapol’s tender drive system that delivers power to the locomotive wheels
Super Creep Motor for controlled pulling power with fine slow speed control
Digital capability - 6-pin decoder socket in tender
Comes with traction tyres
Finely etched name plates
Accessory bag with spares and other added detail
NEM standard N Gauge Couplings
Prototype Information
The London and North Eastern Railway LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3 locomotives represented two distinct stages in the history of the British 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley.
They were designed for main line passenger services, initially on the Great Northern Railway (GNR), a constituent company of the London and North Eastern Railway after the amalgamation of 1923, for which they became a standard design.
The change in class designation to A3 reflected the fitting to the same chassis of a higher pressure boiler with a greater superheating surface and a small reduction in cylinder diameter, leading to an increase in locomotive weight. Eventually all of the A1 locomotives were rebuilt, most to A3 specifications, but no. 4470 was completely rebuilt as Class A1/1.
The names for the locomotives came from a variety of sources. The first, Great Northern, was named after its parent company. Others were given the names of high-ranking railway officials, but most were given the names of famous racehorses. One was named after the company's most famous long-distance passenger train, the Flying Scotsman. Flying Scotsman is the sole survivor of the class to be preserved.