We're delighted to reveal our latest EXCLUSIVE collaboration with Hornby in OO Gauge - a new edition of the popular new tooling LMS 'Black 5' 4-6-0, depicting one of the preservation-era heroes ' The Lancashire Fusilier' in BR black with early emblem.
Our latest EXCLUSIVE collaboration with Hornby brings you this much requested edition of the LMS Black 5 'The Lancashire Fusilier' in current preservation condition - benefiting from the latest ultra-high specification Hornby tooling suite.
The model has been produced in its mainline railtour condition, with 26D (Bury) shedcode, black smokebox door numberplate, and pre-attached Lancashire Fusilier nameplates.
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Product Features
High detail OO gauge model based on extensive research and original works drawings
Die-cast chassis and running plate. Model weight is 360 grams
High detail cab and fully decorated backhead with decorated instrument dials
HM7000 21-Pin Decoder socket + HM7000 Power Bank compatible
Powerful 5 pole skew wound motor
Illuminated flickering firebox
Illuminated head lamps and tail lamps (can be controlled using a DCC Decoder)
Quick release locomotive to tender connector
Pogo pin wheel pickup arrangement for easy pickup servicing
Electrical pickups on main drive wheels and tender wheels
Die-cast connecting rods and valve gear
Prototypical size metal handrails with brass stanchions
Brass main drive bearings
Opening cab roof vent
Adjustable cab doors
Sprung metal buffers
Front and Rear NEM coupling pocket
Accessory bag contains tablet catcher, vacuum pipes, lamps and couplings
Separately fitted lamps. Lamp code can be changed.
Separately fitted simulated coal load
Prototype Information
The LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0, more commonly known as the ‘Black Five’ Class of locomotives were designed by Sir William Stanier and built between 1934 and 1951.
Stanier became Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland, and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1932, tasked with introducing new, more modern, and powerful designs of locomotive. Having worked previously as Works Manager for the Great Western Railway, Stanier recognised that with the LMS covering such a wide scope of the UK, there was a need for larger locomotives that could travel anywhere and do anything, resulting in the mixed traffic ‘Black Five’ Class for the 20th Century.
ABOUT OUR EXCLUSIVE MODEL 'THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIER'
Built for the LMS by Armstrong Whitworth in 1937, No.5407 spent most of its initial life in the Midlands, including (appropriately) a spell based at Sheffield (Grimethorpe) shed between 1948 and 1954. It survived until the final days of steam in August 1968.
Preserved upon withdrawal, it has spent almost all of its preservation life in active service, working on railtours across the country from the 1970s until the current day.
Purchased by Riley & Sons Engineering in 1997, the locomotive was restored to its BR condition with a number of modifications to allow for operation on Britain's 21st century railway, including air brakes and new signalling systems.
45407 was named 'Lancashire Fusilier' in 2004, and is now one of the most well-travelled locomotives in the UK, regularly appearing on railtours and preserved railways in England, Scotland and Wales. It is famous for hauling the 'Jacobite' steam trains on the West Highland Extension from Fort William to Mallaig - a task it performs regularly, year after year.