Hornby Hornby 'Saint' Class and 5 Collett Coaches Bundle

Consists of:

1x R30403 BR Saint Class Saint David 2920 Steam Locomotive

1x R40472 BR Collett Coaches Corridor Brake Third LH No.4936

1x R40473 BR Collett Coaches Corridor Brake Third RH No.4937

1x R40474 BR Collett Coaches Corridor Composite LH No.6149

1x R40475 BR Collett Coaches Corridor Composite RH No.6150

1x R40476 BR Collett Coaches Corridor Third No.4551

BR Saint Class Saint David 2920 Steam Locomotive

Of the 77 Saint Class members built by GWR between 1902 and 1913, 2920 ‘Saint David’ was one of the 47 that survived beyond nationalisation of Britain’s railways in 1948. Part of the third batch of 20 to be built in 1907, the locomotive was new to Cardiff Canton shed. It underwent several changes during its career, including the fitting of a superheated boiler in 1909 and outside steam pipes in December 1932. This model is presented in BR livery, the condition in which it operated through to its withdrawal in October 1953, by which point it was one of the last four still in service.

This model was developed with the helpful guidance from the Didcot Railway Center who kindly gave us access to their archive of drawings and access to the Lady of Legend locomotive.

The Saint class model features a powerful 5 pole skew wound motor, flickering firebox and is designed to be fully compatible with the HM7000 21-Pin decoder for full DCC and sound control.

BR Collett Coaches

Although introduced onto the GWR by Collett from 1925, many of these modern-for-their-time coaches lasted in service until the 1960s, with many examples passing into departmental use. Some retained their chocolate and cream livery after nationalisation of Britain’s railways in 1948 and others were painted in the new owner’s crimson and cream. 

These wooden-framed, but steel-panelled ‘bow-ended’ coaches were also ‘handed’ in a throw-back to the days they were introduced, when coach sets were marshalled with the compartments to the south (sunny) side and the corridors alongside London Paddington’s Platform 1 for ease of loading/unloading. For example, a left-hand brake coach would have its corridor on the opposite side to a right-hand brake.

This highly detailed model coach perfectly replicates the BR era, with sprung metal buffers and NEM couplings for a smooth train connection.