Hornby's recently announced new run of LNER Articulated coaches, depicting the premium 'West Riding Limited' sets have now arrived in stock at Rails!
Also now available is their new model of the LNER Coronation Observation Car, depicting the preserved vehicle that can be seen in the One:One Collection in Margate! These beautiful coaches were tooled in the last few years and feature impeccable attention to detail both inside and out.
Hornby have advised that they only have limited stocks remaining so we highly recommend you order yours to avoid missing out.
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Product Features
Highly detailed models with separately fitted parts
Accurate tooling variations for each coach type
Robust mechanism for the articulated bogie sections with pivoting gangway connector piece
Fully detailed & painted interiors - including separate chairs in the observation car
Intricate livery application & printing
NEM tension lock couplings on coach ends
Prototype Information
Following the success of the LNER’s newly-introduced ‘Coronation’ trains in 1935, a new train was introduced to operate between London King’s Cross and Leeds and Bradford in 1937. Anew set of carriages was built that was identical to the ‘Coronation’ with four twin articulated coaches, though not the streamlined beavertail observation car, named the ‘West Riding Limited’. Carriages were in pairs, sharing a bogie between the two, thus reducing friction and improving ride quality.
The train first ran on 27th September 1937 and achieved an average speed of 63.3mph (101.9km/h) between King’s Cross and Bradford. It was hauled by Gresley ‘A4’ No. 4492 ‘Dominion of New Zealand’, which had emerged from Doncaster Works only three months earlier.
LNER OBSERVATION CAR
The LNER built two ‘beaver tail’ observation cars for its ‘Coronation’ service that operated between London and Edinburgh on the East Coast Main Line. Both have survived, finding further use in converted form in Scotland, though Car 1729 has been painstakingly restored to its original profile with a streamlined tail that mirrored the shape of the ‘A4’ Class ‘Pacific’ on the front of the train.
This OO gauge coach model is a highly detailed replica of that classic 'Coronation' Observation Car, as seen in the One:One Collection in Margate.