Hornby Model Railways “Winchester” Schools Class SUPER DETAIL Locomotive R2845

£109.99

LOCOMOTIVE BRAND NEW – BOX PACKAGING AS NEW

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A brand new 00 gauge example especially developed by the “Hornby Model Railways” as part of their SUPER DETAIL series. This locomotive in British Rail Green livery is named Winchester with running number 30901. A highly detailed version being DCC READY.

The SR V class, more commonly known as the Schools class, is a class of steam locomotive designed by Richard Maunsell for the Southern Railway. The class was a cut down version of his Lord Nelson class but also incorporated components from Urie and Maunsell’s LSWR/SR King Arthur class.

It was the last locomotive in Britain to be designed with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, and was the most powerful class of 4-4-0 ever produced in Europe. All 40 of the class were named after English public schools, and were designed to provide a powerful class of intermediate express passenger locomotive for lines which could cope with high axle loads but some of which had short turntables.

The class operated until 1961 when mass withdrawals took place and all had gone by December 1962. Three examples are now preserved on heritage railways in Britain.

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