Hornby “SILVER JUBILEES” A4 Pacific Silver King 2511 Limited Edition R3308

A SUPERB & FAULTLESS 00 gauge example especially developed by “Hornby Model Railways” as part of their SILVER JUBILEE DCC Ltd Edition (1000) collection.

This A4 Pacific locomotive in L.N.E.R SILVER livery is named “Silver King” with running number 2511. This is a NEW OLD STOCK item which remains in sealed factory fresh condition! Complete with original box, packaging photocard and relevant paperwork.

The Class A4 is a class of streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1935. Their streamlined design gave them high-speed capability as well as making them instantly recognisable, and one of the class, 4468 Mallard, holds the world record as the fastest steam locomotive.

Thirty-five of the class were built to haul express passenger trains on the East Coast Main Line route from London Kings Cross via York and Newcastle to Edinburgh, Scotland. They remained in service on the East Coast mainline until the early 1960s when they were replaced by Deltic diesel locomotives. Several A4s saw out their remaining days until 1966 in Scotland, particularly on the Aberdeen – Glasgow express trains, for which they were used to improve the timing from 3.5 to 3 hours.