IN THE REVEALED: inside

SHOWcase 2018 products hornby

all the how new
latest hornby products are
models developed

Issue 11
3, Aut
u mn 2
017

NEW
LOOK!
✓ quality features
✓ NEW PRODUCTS
✓ EXCLUSIVE
CONTENT

‘H’ FOR
HANDSOME
Wainwright’s elegant passenger tank debuts for ‘OO’

on location: bluebell railway rails looks to the future

 HAVE A QUERY?
If you have a query about any aspect of your club membership
please contact the club team on:

01843 233512 thecollector.enquiries

@hornby.com

For everything else, a product suggestion, want to know....

01843 233525 customerservices.uk

@hornby.com

Or complete the contact us form at hornby.com

Other useful information available at Hornby.com includes:

Jargon Building a
Buster Model Railway
What is a Q-Train, an XPT or Getting started with your first
a Z Stop? Check out the layout with hints tips and
Jargon Buster at Hornby.com helpful books.

Manuals Service Sheets

Learn how to set-up, Service information
use & troubleshoot and product codes
your product. for spares.

M LIKE US!
FACEBOOK.COM/OFFICIALHORNBY N FOLLOW US!
TWITTER.COM/HORNBY V WATCH US!
YOUTUBE.COM/HORNBYHOBBIESLTD
 CONTENTS

NEWS
COVER: This
06 NEWS issue’s featured
Exclusive images and information about model is the
forthcoming Hornby models. new SECR ‘H’
Class 0-4-4T.
14 PRODUCT PREVIEW
Find out all about the new Hornby
‘H’ Class, arriving in stores this autumn.

22 THE LAST DAY

Four special models marking the
end of the ‘Big Four’ in 1947.

24 IN THE SHOWCASE
Hornby’s latest locomotive and
rolling stock releases.

FEATURES
18 WAINWRIGHT ‘H’ CLASS
A brief history of these successful SECR
passenger tanks.

30 ICONIC ‘PACIFICS’

18
Britain’s favourite steam locomotives meet
at Barrow Hill Rioundhouse.

36 RAILS OF SHEFFIELD
We visit Rails to find out about its
big plans for the future.

34 36
W
W RT
38 BLUEBELL RAILWAY
O

On location at Britain’s first standard gauge

INH £

preserved railway.
! 90

42 SOUTHERN STYLE!
Inspirational reader layouts from the pages
of Hornby Magazine.

48 carriage gangways
Phil Parker shows how to make quick and
easy improvements to coaches.

REGULARS
04 HORNBY SOCIAL
Get involved and have your say on the
latest Hornby news and models
42
11 RESEARCH MATTERS
Hornby researcher Paul Isles sheds light
on the research process.

52 MAILBAG
Your thoughts, questions and photos on
railway modelling topics.

54 RICHARD VENNER
Hornby’s Head of Brand starts his new
regular column.
Issue 113, Autumn 2017
Editorial
Editor: Ben Jones collector@hornby.com
N @flywheelmedia1
Managing Editor: Mike Wild N @Hornbymag
Head of Brand: Richard Venner
Designer: Michelle Jones N @SquarkDesign
Contributors: Paul Isles, Phil Parker, Brian Stephenson
Subscriptions
Tel: 01843 233512
Website: www.hornby.com/thecollector
Address: The Collector, Hornby Hobbies Ltd,
Third Floor, The Gateway, Innovation Way,
Discovery Park, Sandwich CT13 9FF
Publishing
Publisher: Hornby Hobbies Ltd
Copyright: Hornby Hobbies Ltd
Printing: Precision Colour Printing Ltd,
Haldane, Halesfield, Telford, Shropshire TF7 4QQ
Produced under contract for Hornby Hobbies
by Key Publishing
Registered office: Units 1-4 Gwash Way Industrial
Estate, Ryhall Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 1XP
Tel: 01780 755131 Website: www.keypublishing.com
48
All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced
or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or
mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any
information storage and retrieval system, without prior
permission in writing from the copyright owner. Multiple copying
of the contents of the magazine without prior written approval is
not permitted.
Material sent to the Editor, whether commissioned or freely
submitted, is provided at the contributor’s own risk. Hornby
Hobbies and Key Publishing cannot be held responsible for loss
or damage howsoever caused.
The opinions and views expressed by authors and
contributors within The Collector and not necessarily those of
the Editor, Hornby Hobbies or Key Publishing.
Hornby is a registered trademark of Hornby Hobbies Limited.
The Collector is published quarterly.

hornby.com/thecollector 3
SOCIAL media

JOIN THE
SOCIAL NEW

DISCUSSION

facebook.com/
officialhornby

@hornby

Instagram.com/
officialhornby

collector@
hornby.com

FROM THE FORUM

Matching carriages Replies: coaches but a little tank engine
to engines Matching locomotives and coaches matches better a couple of non-
l www.hornby.com/uk-en/ forum/ is a complex topic, mainly because corridors. Goods locomotives with
matching-carriages-to-engines/ there are very many possible eight or ten coupled driving wheels
permutations and combinations were used mostly on freight trains
Opening post: will also change depending upon but could occasionally be called
I play with trains, I don’t model, which era you are trying to represent. on to work a passenger train in an
but I want my engines to pull the The preservation era is perhaps the emergency. LC&DR
The Engine correct coaches. Currently I just easiest because you can usually find
Shed blog: put any coach with any engine a good excuse to run anything with I think this is actually quite an
www.hornby.com/
uk-en/news/ depending on my tastes. But of anything else. Properly matched trains interesting area of psychology
the-engine-shed late I felt I would like to be more can look smart, but then if there is a because, while I don’t take the
correct with what pulls what. Is colour combination that takes your hobby terribly seriously, I have my
there an easy way to find which fancy, it is your layout, go for it! own ‘rules’. We all do, from those
The Collector, engine pulled what? I know that Matching the type of locomotive who strive for absolute historical and
Hornby LNER ‘A4s’ pulled teak coaches to a train is also something worth prototypical accuracy right across
Hobbies Ltd,
Third Floor, sometimes but what did others pull? considering. Big locomotives with the spectrum to where the only ‘rule’
The Gateway, Nothing too complicated please!! six driving wheels and a total of ten is that there are no ‘rules’!
Innovation Way, debe45 or a dozen wheels under the engine Rule 1 Applies
Discovery Park. look better on a long train of corridor
Sandwich.
CT13 9FF

4 The Collector by Hornby

Welcome to this regular round-up of highlights from Hornby’s social
media pages, internet forum and the ‘Engine Shed’ blog. Discover what
your fellow Hornby fans are talking about online and how you can join in.

Thanks everyone for your advice
- great amount of info LC&DR - I
like the idea of Rule 1 but don’t like
to run the risk and upset people.
debe45
Have you any Unusual
Locations for your
layout?
l www.hornby.com/uk-en/forum/
have-you-any-unusual-locations-
for-your-layout-/
Opening post:
I hope this will produce some
interesting posts! My latest
brainwave is an 18ft DC track
that runs over the top of the
headboard of a double bed. It
works quite well but ‘Beware of
www.hornby.com/uk-en/forum/
the Trains landing on your head’.
Jimbopuff
Replies:
A double bed? What does the other
occupant of the bed think of this
proposal? Wolseley
I have seen articles from people who
built layouts in guitar cases and in
box files. ‘OO9’ inside a coffee table
used to be popular. I did once, many
years ago, build a circular N gauge
layout in an old TV but it wasn’t
that interesting! I still have the glass
TV front which I now use as a level
surface when building locomotive
and wagon kits, the rest went to the
tip many years ago. LC&DR
I run a school model railway activity,
and after many years of having to
erect and take down our layout after
each session (in a science lab), we
have now got a permanent location
- on top of all the filing cabinets in an
office area.
The layout is 12ft by 6ft, with an
operating space down the middle.
The filing cabinets also open
inwards. We don’t have a lift-up flap
to access the operating area/filing
cabinets, but fortunately the cabinets
are quite tall so you don’t have to
duck down that far. Nevertheless, I
have banged my head on numerous
occasions, and I will have to do
something about this problem - not
sure what yet!
The Doc H

hornby.com/thecollector 5
NEWS
WELCOME
…to your new look Collector
magazine, packed with information on
new Hornby models and the wonderful
world of railways that inspires them. This
revamped club magazine is part of a
much wider package of improvements
that will transform the Hornby Collectors
Club over the coming months and deliver
many more benefits to members.
As well as a new editorial team, The
Collector is bringing you lots of new
features, essential information on new
and forthcoming releases, exclusive
competitions, offers and news content
to keep you fully abreast of what’s
happening at Hornby.
But, we also want to know what you’re
up to - so please send in photographs of
your layouts, projects, favourite Hornby
models, model railway-related days out
and whatever else you think might be of
interest to your fellow Hornby collectors.
You’ll notice that this edition has
a distinctly Southern theme, based
around the latest addition to Hornby’s
steam locomotive fleet - the stunning
Wainwright ‘H’ Class 0-4-4T. As well
as introducing this elegant Victorian
passenger tank, we’ll look at the history
of the full-size machines, visit the
Bluebell Railway - home of No. 263, the
sole survivor - and some inspirational
Southern layouts from the pages of
Hornby Magazine.
There’s also plenty of exciting news,
exclusive images, interviews with key
Hornby staff and a major UK retailer
about to launch a new partnership with
Hornby that will be of great interest to
collectors.
Do let us know
what you think of
your new magazine,
and anything else
you’d like to see in
it over the coming
issues.
Ben Jones
Editor
6 The Collector by Hornby
Product information &
exclusive photographs
direct from Hornby.
Decorated
Hornby has received the first decorated (R3555) and with Twin Track Sound (TTS)
samples of the three new Stanier/Ivatt in BR lined green with late crests as No.
‘Duchess’ 4-6-2s for release later this 46235 City of Birmingham (R3509TTS).
year. These first decorated samples will be
The new ‘Duchess’, announced at subject to revisions including correction
the 2016 Warley National Model Railway of the axlebox printing on No. 46256.
Exhibition, is being released in LMS lined Release is planned for November with
crimson as No. 6231 Duchess of Atholl prices set at £189.99 for DCC ready
(R3553), BR lined maroon with late crests versions and £219.99 for the TTS edition.
as No. 46256 Sir William A. Stanier FRS The new ‘Duchess’ features a
TTS decoders
now available
separately
Hornby’s budget price
DCC ‘Twin Track Sound’
(TTS) decoders are now
available as a separate item,
allowing you to retrofit selected OO
gauge models with authentic sounds.
Priced at just £41.99 each, the TTS
decoders offer an affordable route
into the world of DCC sound without
compromising on the essential steam
and diesel locomotive sounds. First
decoders to arrive are the BR Class 31
diesel, LNER ‘A1/A3’ and ‘A4’, GWR specific to the chosen model. These
‘King’ and Peppercorn ‘A1’ No. 60163 can include whistles, horns, start-
Tornado steam locomotives. up, idle, cold start, in-motion sounds
Class 37, 47, 60 and 67 diesels will and many more. The decoder also
follow later, along with the GWR ‘Castle’ possesses all of the features attributed
4-6-0 and more in due course. to Hornby’s popular R8249 decoder.
TTS decoders offer a minimum of See www.hornby.com and search ‘TTS’
16 realistic sound functions, with many for more information.
 Regal Trio: Three all-new
‘Duchesses’ due for release in
November,, each with numerous
authentic detail variations.

‘Duchess’ debut
locomotive drive mechanism, an eight-
pin DCC decoder socket and space for a
28mm round speaker in the tender, a semi-
permanent coupling between locomotive
and tender and a highly detailed body which
includes the first ready-to-run version of the
final two ‘Duchesses’ built to Ivatt’s modified
design - Nos. 46256/46257 (see right).
Visit www.hornby.com for more
information.

GWR Class 800 Update

Hornby has received the first fully
decorated sample of its GWR Class
800/0 Intercity Express Train (IET)
finished as 800004 Sir Daniel Gooch.
The train pack, containing a complete
five-car set around 5ft long, models
one of the bi-mode diesel/electric sets
which are due to enter service on the
Great Western Main Line from October.
The five-car pack has eight-pin DCC
decoder sockets in the two driving
cars - one in the motorised car for
motor and light functions and one in
the unpowered driving car for lighting
control. The ‘800’ also has interior
lighting similar to Hornby’s Mk 1 and
Mk 2 coaches, taking their power
supply direct from the track. They will
operate on analogue and digital control
without the need for decoders or
conductive couplers within the set.
The Class 800 has been developed
by Hornby with the full support of
Hitachi Rail Europe and is currently
expected to be released in January
2018 (R3514). A limited edition ‘test
train’ pack of two Hitachi driving cars is
also being produced. The five-car train
will cost £393.99. Visit www.hornby.
com for more information.

Coming soon to the Great Western Main Line, and to your local Hornby stockist, is the bi-mode Class 800/0 Intercity Express Train (IET) in GWR green.
∆

hornby.com/thecollector 7
NEWS

Class 87 deco samples

in for approvaL
Factory decorated samples of the new
Hornby Class 87 have been received for
approval. The BR blue and InterCity ‘Swift’
versions of the BR 5,000hp electric are
due for release in late-2017/early-2018
and feature numerous detail differences
appropriate to livery and period. Samples
were displayed for the first time at the
Great Electric Train Show on October 7/8.
The first two models will feature 87035 87010 King Arthur in
Robert Burns in 1970s/1980s BR blue late-1980s/early-1990s
InterCity ‘Swift’ livery.
(above) and 87010 King Arthur in the
InterCity ‘Swift’ livery introduced in 1987 example, 87035 has the original cross-arm Division Multiplex (TDM) jumper cables
and carried until privatisation of the InterCity pantograph, cab-front multiple working on the cab front. The latter replaced the
West Coast franchise in 1997. cables and circular headlight, while 87010 heavier MW cables in the late-1980s when
To cover the long UK career of the has a single-arm pantograph for 110mph the Class 87s were modified for push-pull
class, various detail differences have operation introduced from 1984, later operation with Mk 3b Driving Van Trailers as
been incorporated into the tooling. For square high-intensity headlight and Time produced by Hornby.

‘14XX’ to celebrate WarleY half-century

Hornby is helping Warley Model Railway
Club celebrate its 50th anniversary show
by producing an exclusive OO gauge
model to be released at the NEC on
November 25/26.
Just 250 limited edition models
of GWR/BR Collett ‘14XX’ 0-4-2T,
numbered as preserved No. 1450, have
been produced and will be available via
participating Hornby retailers at the show.
Preserved at the Severn Valley Railway,
this locomotive has been selected as the anniversary of the show. Limited Edition certificate. Priced at just
centrepiece for the Warley show due to The limited edition (R3578) will include a £44.99, it is sure to appeal to Hornby
the significance of the last two digits of unique pack with a Warley 50th Birthday collectors and is likely to sell out very
the running number, linking it to the 50th emblem and an individually numbered quickly.

8 The Collector by Hornby


‘H’ in production
Hornby’s Wainwright ‘H’ 0-4-4T is in full
production as these images from the
factory in China show. A large number
of individual components are involved
in the assembly process which includes
delicate printing and lining of the South
Eastern & Chatham Railway livery. See
page 14 for a full preview of the new
models and page 18 for a brief history
of these classic locomotives.
Two new Pecketts
for 2018
Hornby’s first announcement
for 2018 is a pair of the hugely
popular Peckett ‘W4’ class
industrial 0-4-0STs.
As many of you will
be aware, the first
trio of Pecketts sold
out in record time and
these new locomotives will add two more
attractive liveries to the selection.
Due for delivery in August 2018 is
works green No. 560/1893, carrying the
standard leaf green Peckett livery (R3615,
pictured). It will be joined in December
2018 by Willans & Robinson Ltd.
No. 892/1902 Niclausse, in lined
pale green with red trim (R3640).
Recommended retail price is £99.99
each.
Peckett Works No.560/1893 was
built for the United Alkali Co. Ltd, of St.
Helens in Lancashire but is depicted in
ex-works lined livery, which would have
been standard for the majority of Peckett
locomotives.
Niclausse was built for Willans &
Robinson of Queensferry, North Wales,
manufacturers of water tube boilers and
special steels. It was named after a type
of French field-tube boiler used in some
of the last pre-Dreadnought battleships.
Having been inundated with requests
to release further versions Hornby
expects these new models to sell out
just as quickly and for demand to be
extremely high! Retailers will be able to
order a maximum of 100 pieces per
locomotive.

Rails Limited BR ‘Q1’ and ‘Black Five’

As you’ll discover on page 36, Hornby and
Rails of Sheffield are embarking on a new
partnership that will result in a new series
of exclusive Hornby models being released
through the Yorkshire retailer. The first fruits
of that co-operation are already on their
way, with two exclusive short-run editions
of popular Hornby models due for release in
October and November.
First to arrive is BR late crest black Bulleid
Rails is commissioning a new
‘Q1’ 0-6-0 No. 33001. Produced as a DCC series of exclusive Hornby
ready model, customers can also specify models, starting with BR
No. 45000 and ‘Q1’ No. 33001.
custom finishes or the installation of a DCC
decoder or DCC sound on request.
Also due soon is another variation on a
National Collection theme with Stanier ‘Black
Five’ No. 45000 in final BR unlined black with
the post-1956 late crest. As with the ‘Q1’,
this model will be offered with a range of
bespoke options on request.
The ‘Q1’ and ‘Black Five’ have been
absent from the Hornby range for several
years, so early ordering is recommended.
For prices, DCC and weathering options,
information and advance orders see
railsofsheffield.com/exclusives/ or telephone
the Rails team on 0114 2551436. ∆

hornby.com/thecollector 9
NEWS

‘Royal Scots’ return in October

Hornby’s LMS rebuilt ‘Royal Scot’ 4-6-0
is set to return in October as three new
models arrive with stockists. The model
was first released in 2007 and is being re-
introduced as part of the 2017 range.
The return of the ‘Scot’ includes updating
the decoder position so that the eight-pin
socket is now in the tender rather than
the boiler. As is now standard for Hornby The rebuilt ‘Royal Scot’ is
tender locomotives, the drawbar will be making a welcome return to
the Hornby range with three
permanently fitted with screws together with
new versions due shortly.
a four-wire plug connector linking the two
sections of the model. see page 52). This will be followed in The last of the trio is No. 46165
Due for release as No. 6108 Seaforth November by No. 6126 Royal Army The Ranger in BR lined green with late
Highlander in LMS lined black – a Service Corps in LMS plain black (R3518) crests, smoke deflectors and a welded
special edition for Hornby’s 2017 ‘Final and like No. 6108 it will be released tender (R3558). LMS models are £189.99
Day Collection’ to mark the end of the without smoke deflectors and coupled to and No. 46165 is £169.99. Visit
‘Big Four’ in December 1947 (R3517, a riveted Stanier tender. www.hornby.com for more information.

‘Brighton Belle’ revamp underwaY And

The Great Electric Train Show on October Finally…
7/8 saw Hornby announce re-engineering of We’d like to take this
the ‘Brighton Belle’ Pullman EMU for release opportunity to express
in its 2018 product range. our gratitude to outgoing
Improvements include a revised coupler editor Paul Appleton and
and lighting arrangement, exchanging the Ian Lamb for all their efforts
delicate conductive couplers for conventional running The Collector
Roco-style close couplers in NEM pockets. over the last few years.
Interior lighting is also modified to work from Both men brought a huge
an internal printed circuit board (PCB) and amount of publishing
pick-ups on one bogie per car, as on the The modified ‘Brighton Belle’ will be released in its experience and railway
sought-after 1960s guise, as shown above.
recent ‘K’ Type loco-hauled Pullman Cars. knowledge to the magazine,
One eight-pin decoder will be required It will depict set 3053, the only one of the and the Hornby Collectors
for conversion to DCC to take control of the ‘5-BEL’ trio not yet produced. Previously Club, during a period of
motor as, correctly, no exterior lighting is Hornby has offered 2051 in 1934 livery and transition for the company
provided on the unit. 3052 in early-1950s livery. The full five-car and the hobby. We wish
The train will be in the sought-after 1960s set (R3606) is priced at £394.99 and it will them every success with
period livery with small yellow warning panels be available to pre-order from Hornby their future endeavours,
on each end and later style Pullman crests. stockists during October. whatever they may be! H

10 The Collector by Hornby


What lies ahead?
Keeping research on
track at Hornby
WARNING! This article may contain oblique references to future Hornby
development projects; only read if you can contain your excitement!
Words and photographs by Paul Isles, Hornby Researcher
W
e’ve just returned
from the first of
the measuring
visits for our 2019
new projects.
The journey up and down the M6 gave
me ample opportunity to consider the
whole process of research that goes
into producing a new item of rolling
stock; be it a locomotive, carriage, a
wagon or a building. The results of
this exercise, fuelled by strong coffee
and the odd pork pie, have put into
perspective the scale of these projects,
and that’s before our talented designers
have even started the CAD design.
During a conversation with one of
the volunteers at the heritage railway
we were visiting, I realised that I had
already been looking into the history of
this particular locomotive class, and the
possibility of producing an OO model,
hornby.com/thecollector
“Research and
development
is an ongoing
process and does
not conform to a
rigid timeframe.”
for something approaching 12 months.
Given that the acknowledged timeframe
for the development of a new model
locomotive is often stated at around 18
months, this surprised even me, and I had to
question how this process had lengthened.
When I started at Hornby, my first
project did indeed take 18 months to
bring to market, but that was not from a
standing start; the project having already
been selected and justified. In essence,
I came to the Class 71 project halfway
through the process, missing out the
legwork that I now take for granted.
Research is an ongoing process and
does not conform to a rigid timeframe.
Looking at the ten projects for 2019
currently on my notepad, three have been
inspired by items from the 2016 range,
another two are re-tooled replacements
for items already in the range, three
accompany an item already mentioned
and two are part of a plan that has
already resulted in one item being
produced and brought to market.
Each project dovetails with
Research & Development
Original works drawings from the National
Railway Museum’s ‘Search Engine’ archive’
are an invaluable source of information.
another that is already in the range, or
is about to make an appearance, so
existing coaching stock may lead us to
look at new motive power to haul them,
or vice versa, and we might decide to
expand on an existing product range, or
group of products; introducing variants
of a locomotive class or coaching stock
based on an existing chassis.
Sometimes this makes use of
research already undertaken, but not
required, but some will be based on an
“I’ll keep that in mind” and will require
more in-depth investigation.
Of course, not all of these items will
necessarily make the 2019 range, for
a variety of reasons. It may well be that
a competitor announces its intention
to produce the same subject, as
happened to us for both the 2016 and
2017 ranges, when the GWR ‘14XX’
0-4-2T and Great Eastern ‘N7’ 0-6-2T
were ‘bagged’ by other manufacturers.
We might decide that too much tooling
is required to get our preferred variants
out, or that further research shows ∆
11
Research & Development
that the class was made up of very
‘individual’ locomotives, coaches or
wagons that limit the timeframe any
one model can occupy. No research is
wasted though and it may well be that
we return to a project later, especially if
we want to react to an opportunity or a
gap in the market.
Development process
With that background in mind, I’ll
guide you through the processes
and timelines as they apply to the
locomotive we’ve just measured and
photographed. This particular example
was inspired by an item in the 2016
range, so I had already given the project
some thought, going as far as obtaining
a copy of a General Arrangement (GA)
Drawing whilst looking at other plans
at the National Railway Museum’s
Search Engine last year. Once back
at Sandwich, and with other 2018
research projects nearing completion, I
looked at the locomotive in a little more
detail, sufficient to have a good enough
understanding of its use and history
so that I could discuss it with other
members of the Hornby team.
By the beginning of January 2017, a
consensus of what new models we’d
like to work on had been reached;
these being a cross section of traction
types and regional operation, as well
as rolling stock to match. How we
arrive at this has been documented
before, but to summarise, it comes
from variety of feedback, including from
customers, retailers, shows, forums
and even Train Operating Companies
and manufacturers. It’s then a case of
producing a detailed justification plan
for each proposed item, so that the
It’s just as important to study the parts of
locomotives and rolling stock that aren’t
immediately visible, such as underframes...
12
company can consider the proposals.
Some ideas are dropped, some are held
back and some get the green light to
proceed. By Easter 2017, I had a number
of subjects to investigate properly.
The CAD designers were coming
towards the final stages of the 2018
projects, so I sat down with Edd
Batchelor, Hornby Development Manager,
to work out an order in which to approach
the projects, giving me around three
to four months before the first two
projects needed to be briefed to our CAD
designers, Phil and Steve.
As mentioned, I already had a GA
for this class, so checking against the
drawing registers I can formulate a list of
plans that I need to compile an overall
dimensioned picture of the locomotive,
as well as the changes that were
“No research is
wasted, we can
return to a project
later to fill a gap
in the market.”
incorporated over its lifespan. These
changes are cross-referenced against
photographs obtained from private and
commercial collections, as (as always
happens) there are exceptions and
modifications that do not feature on the
drawings, or that do, and the drawings
are missing!
There are several books on the
subject of this locomotive class, as
well as some wider interest books
...and the top of tender tanks, places few people
other than crews and fitters ever get to see. But,
getting to know a subject well is essential.
Although 3-D scanning can be useful, there’s no
substitute for ‘old school’ on-site research and
measuring of the chosen subject.
that happen to feature photographs
and text on the subject, so I contact
the authors, as well as the owners of
several preserved examples, to pick their
brains for information that may not have
been published; particularly useful for
establishing why certain modifications
were carried out, and when. Notes are
made and added to a locomotive ‘matrix’
that establishes the history of each
locomotive, as far as possible. From this
I can then identify how many locomotives
from the class we can model for a given
period, for the least amount of tooling.
Research pack
There will be certain changes that we
want to incorporate, whether because
they represent a specific locomotive at a
given point in time, or that enable us to
increase the number of liveries carried, or
because they represent a feature that is
synonymous with the class, and this will be
checked with the designer chosen for the
project to ensure it is possible to include
within the budget allocated for the project.
With all this in place, a research pack
and briefing document is prepared,
mainly for the benefit of the designer,
but also for other departments within the
company to pull information out as they
require. This includes the justification
summary, the copy to be used on the
packaging and website, a bibliography
and source document summary and a
thorough component brief, highlighting the
The Collector by Hornby

alterations that the CAD designer needs
to be aware of. With this all done, we sit
down and discuss the contents and the
CAD designer can get to work.
Not every locomotive, coach, building
or wagon has been preserved and whilst
the availability of a prototype is useful for
reference, it does not dictate whether
a project is selected. In this particular
instance, there are a couple of surviving
examples and having previously spoken
to, and visited, the owners, the CAD
designer and I set off to visit the location
where the locomotive is stored.
Once on site, we set to work measuring
and photographing the subject; in the
past, we have scanned locomotives and
coaches, but we do tend to rely more on
an ‘old school’ approach, as scanning can
introduce its own set of complications.
Like any approach to a job, we employ
hornby.com/thecollector
Scanning the National Railway
Museum’s Class 71 electric at
Barrow Hill a few years ago.
Tease 1: Measuring an item being developed
for release in the 2019 range.
Tease 2: A clue to the identity of one of the
ten items now being researched for the 2019
range.
the methods for measuring that will give
us the best result.
As far as this particular subject goes, by
the time this magazine goes to press, the
CAD designer will have finished his design
and the manufacturing phase will take
place over the ensuing 12 to 15 months.
We will have continued to discuss points
that arise and there will possibly be a
need for further research into anomalies
that arise, but in general, I will have
finished my input into the design process
and will move on to the next project, and
the whole process starts over again.
I hope this has given you some further
insight into one of the stages involved
in bringing a model to market, over
the coming issues we hope to cover
other areas and give you an exclusive
Research visits often mean braving the great
insight into the working of the Hornby British weather to get the photographs and
development team. H measurements needed to get the details right.
13
PRODUCT PREVIEW

INTRODUCING…
THE HORNBY SECR
‘H’ CLASS 0-4-4T
New to the Hornby ‘OO’ gauge family is an elegant Edwardian passenger tank whose
career spanned seven decades, two world wars and three eras of British railway history.

F
or many years, Southern Hornby has been at the forefront of locomotive to that list with the release of
Railway locomotives and moves to change that situation. As a the Wainwright ‘H’ Class 0-4-4T.
rolling stock were largely result, interest in modelling Southern Built by the South Eastern & Chatham
neglected by model railway Railway/Southern Region subjects has Railway (SECR) to work suburban
manufacturers. Since the grown significantly and a wide range of services in south-east London and Kent,
introduction of the hugely successful high-quality models is now available in they spent much of their career from
rebuilt Bulleid ‘Merchant Navy’ in 1998, ‘OO’ gauge. We can now add another the 1920s onwards on gentler duties on

14 The Collector by Hornby


country branch lines. Sturdy, economical
and reliable as well as handsome, they
continued in service until ousted by the
unstoppable forces of electrification,
modernisation and, in many cases,
rationalisation in the form of line closures
in the late-1950s and early-1960s. For
a more detailed history of the class, see
page 18.
Initially distributed to sheds across the
SECR system, from Bricklayers Arms
in south-east London to Hastings and
Ramsgate, the locomotives operated
short-haul suburban services from
Orpington and Tonbridge into London
terminals, as well as from the coastal
towns to Ashford and Tonbridge.
Allocations and duties stayed fairly
constant through to the formation of
the Southern Railway in 1923, with the
addition of Reading-Redhill line services
and semi-fast trains from Maidstone
East to London Victoria during 1918/19.
hornby.com/thecollector
A trio of ‘H’ Class
models spanning the
pre-Grouping, ‘Big
Four’ and BR period.
Following the Grouping of 1923, services
expanded to include East Grinstead, Essential Information
Horsham, Eastbourne and Brighton. Models
Withdrawal of ‘D3’, ‘R’ and ‘R1’ l R3512 BR late crest lined
locomotives in March 1949 led to a black No. 31551 & pull-push
shortage of traction for motor-train set 602
services and so the salvaged equipment l R3538 SECR green No. 308
was fitted to 45 ‘H’ locomotives between l R3539 British Railways late crest
1949 and 1961. black No. 31518
l R3540 Southern green No. 1324
Meet the family
Four models are being produced in Price
Hornby’s first batch, spanning the entire R3512: £184.99
career of this popular class. Earliest of the R3538-40: £109.99
quartet is No. 308 in the ornate SECR
Features
lined green applied to the class from new.
DCC Ready (8-pin socket)
No.308 was built at Ashford in June
NEM coupler pockets
1906, entering traffic from Slade Green,
near Dartford. It was repainted in Fine detail
Maunsell’s SR dark green in 1925 and Westinghouse air pump &
renumbered A308. Moving to Gillingham pull-push gear (where appropriate)
(Kent) in July 1931, the locomotive’s last Detailed cab interior
home was Tunbridge Wells West, from ∆
15
PRODUCT PREVIEW
where it was withdrawn in December
1962.
Even a quick look at the Hornby model
reveals the enormous amount of work
required to replicate the complex lining
and shading of Wainwright’s SECR livery
in 4mm:1ft scale. It’s a real work or art and
a great example of why pre-Grouping era
railways retain a strong following almost a
century after they disappeared.
With somewhat simpler decoration,
but no less attractive, is No. 1324 in
early Southern Railway (SR) olive green,
suitable for the mid to late-1920s.
No.1324 was built at Ashford in May
1907, entering traffic from its hometown
shed as No. 324.
By the period depicted it had migrated
to Tonbridge, working through services
between the Eastern and Central sections
of the SR - an unusual event for the time,
but one that became more commonplace.
Renumbered No.31324 by British
Railways, the locomotive was withdrawn
from Three Bridges in July 1962.
Moving to the British Railways era, BR
lined black No. 31518 was completed at
Ashford in July 1909 and entered traffic
from Orpington as No. 518. Early duties
included commuter trains into London
serving Victoria, St. Paul’s, Moorgate
Street, Cannon Street and Charing
Cross. In addition to standard continuous
vacuum brakes, No. 518 was one of the
class also fitted with Westinghouse air
brake equipment for hauling Chatham
section coaches which, unusually for the
time, employed air brakes. Renumbered
A518 as it went through overhaul at
Ashford Works in December 1923, it
became No. 1518 as part of the SR’s
renumbering scheme of July 1931.
16
“Sturdy, economical and reliable, as
well as handsome, they continued in
service until ousted by electrification.”
After Nationalisation in 1948, the the Southern Railway and BR locomotives
locomotive became No. 31518 and have a more elegant style which tapers
gained motor equipment for pull-push gently outwards towards the base.
operation in March 1952. The additional No. 308 and BR No. 31518 have original
equipment required, including air reservoir style tapered buffer shanks, with small
tanks, control gear and the Westinghouse diameter buffer heads at the front and
pump is visible on Hornby’s model. larger heads at the rear but SR No. 1324
During the Kent Coast floods of 1953 has parallel type shanks with larger buffer
No. 31518 operated pull-push services heads all round and no Westinghouse air
between Faversham and Herne Bay, before pump or motor gear. No. 31518 has the air
finally being withdrawn from Three Bridges pump and motor gear appropriate for later
in January 1964. BR operations while, correctly, No. 308
The first ‘H’ class to be has the pump but is not fitted for
converted for motor pull-push working.
operation was No.
DID YOU
31522 in 1949, with a
KNOW? Train Pack
Hornby is also realising the
further 44 converted Appropriately, given
‘H’ Class in a new train pack
up to January their success in this
(R3512) comprising BR late crest
1961. With their lined black No. 31551 and a role, Hornby has
excellent acceleration two-coach Maunsell pull-push set produced a second
and free steaming in Southern Region green, as ‘H’ in late BR condition
characteristics, the seen on branch line duty in a train pack with a
locomotives were well in the late-1950s and pair of modified Maunsell
suited to this work, being early-1960s. pull-push coaches.
used across both Eastern The pack (R3512) re-
and Central (former London creates a typical BR(S) branch line
Brighton & South Coast) sections of the train of 1963, before the introduction of
SR. new diesel-electric multiple units (DEMUs),
Sound design from the outset meant and contains No. 31551 and pull-push set
that few modifications were needed over 602, formed of Maunsell Second Open
the years, but careful attention has been (SO) 1318 and former Brake Composite
paid to detail differences across the four 6681, converted as a driving trailer.
models in the first batch. Twenty Pull-Push sets were created by
All have neatly modelled features such BR in the late-1950s to replace life-expired
as fluted coupling rods, Ramsbottom pre-1923 motor trains. They were formed
safety valves and prominent steam from Maunsell Diagram 2403 Brake
sanding equipment by the driving wheels. Composite Corridor (BCK) and Diagram
Two styles of chimney are fitted; SECR 2005 SO vehicles rendered surplus by the
No. 308 has a parallel-sided design but introduction of BR Mk 1 stock.
The Collector by Hornby
The ornate SECR
lined green livery
of the early 20th
century has been
superbly applied.
The guard’s van end of the BCK was
modified by inserting two windows and a
driving compartment, with the gangway
connection removed and droplight
windows replacing the guard’s lookout
duckets. The outer end of the SO also
had its gangway removed, but those
between the two vehicles were retained.
Unusually, No.1318, the non-driving
vehicle in this set, was also marked with
the set number.
For many BR era modellers, R3512
will be the ideal choice as it delivers
a complete Eastern/Central Section
branch line train in one ‘hit’, but for
those that already own a Hornby pull-
push set, R3539 offers the chance to
run something other than a Drummond
‘M7’. Don’t forget that parcels/luggage
vans were often attached to branch line
trains too and while they aren’t in the
2017 catalogue, Hornby’s range includes
‘Van B’ bogie vehicles and ‘Van C’ four-
wheelers in SR and BR liveries.
Hornby’s Maunsell corridor coaches
in lined Southern Railway green are a
good option for SR No. 1324 (R3540),
and although Hornby doesn’t yet offer
any SECR coaches for No. 308 there will
soon be suitable vehicles from another
manufacturer.
hornby.com/thecollector
Standard features across the
‘H’ Class family include an eight-pin
decoder socket on the chassis, which
allows straightforward conversion to
Digital Command Control (DCC) using
a Hornby R8249 decoder, detachable
couplings in NEM pockets and a pack
of optional detailing parts which includes
bufferbeam hoses and screw-link
couplings. An illustrated instruction sheet
explains how to remove the body for
DCC conversion and maintenance, and
undertake basic tasks such as fitting the
detail parts and lubrication.
The ‘H’ is another superb addition
to the large collection of Southern
Railway and Southern Region
locomotives and rolling stock now in
the Hornby range, allowing modellers
to create a convincing depiction of
the SR scene in the ‘Big Four’ and BR
era. Whether you’re looking to model a
bucolic branch line in Kent or Sussex, a
main line junction or a busy terminus the
‘H’ Class fills a gap at the smaller end of
the SR locomotive family. H
What works...
...WITH MY NEW
‘H’CLASS
l R3538 SECR green (1904-23):
SECR vermillion coaching stock
l R3540 Southern green (1923-48):
Hornby R4768-70 SR lined green
Maunsell corridor stock, R4734-37 SR
plain green Maunsell corridor stock,
R4792-95 SR green Maunsell 58ft
compartment stock, Hornby SR ‘Van
B’ and ‘Van C’ parcels/luggage vans
l R3539 British Railways late crest
black (1956-64): Hornby R4534D/E
BR(S) green Maunsell pull-push sets,
R4747-49 BR crimson Maunsell 58ft
compartment stock, Hornby SR ‘Van
B’ and ‘Van C’ parcels/luggage vans,
BR goods wagons
Southern Railway green Maunsell coach.
17
LOCOMOTIVE PROFILE

Wainwright ‘H’
B
y the beginning of the 20th
century, Britain’s railway
companies had amassed
almost a century of experience
in designing and building
steam locomotives. No longer simply
machines for moving goods and people
around, they had become mobile
statements of confidence, status symbols
and an essential part of the public
relations effort in a fiercely competitive
industry.
The late-Victorian and Edwardian period
is widely regarded as the zenith of British
steam locomotive design, as locomotive
engineers and railway companies
attempted to capture the public’s
imagination with larger, more powerful
machines decorated in ornate liveries that
accentuated their elegant lines.
Among the dozens of locomotive
engineers of the time, certain individuals
stand out for the superb aesthetic qualities
of their locomotives – as well as the
efficient performance of those machines in
the real world.
The Great Central Railway’s J.G.
Robinson, William Stroudley of the
London Brighton & South Coast Railway,
the Midland’s Samuel Johnson and
Harry Wainwright of the South Eastern &
Chatham Railway (SECR) are among the
more celebrated locomotive designers
of the time, praised for the artistry of
their work as much as the quality of the
engineering.

No. 309 at Lewisham

with a suburban train for
Hayes or Addiscombe on
June 17, 1923.
Marcus Gaywood/RAS

18
Class
Ben Jones traces the history of the classic South
Eastern & Chatham Railway tank locomotives
that inspired Hornby’s superb new models.

Wainwright became Locomotive, H FOR HANDSOME

Carriage and Wagon Superintendent
of the newly formed SECR when the
South Eastern Railway (SER) and London
Chatham & Dover Railway (LCDR) merged
in January 1899. From 1900 until his
retirement in November 1913, he and his
team produced a series of simple, but
beautiful and successful locomotives for
the SECR, many of which lasted until the
final years of Southern Region steam in
the 1960s.
Initially, the SECR continued to build
and develop existing locomotive
designs from the SER and LCDR
to fulfill its requirements, but from
1900 onwards several new classes
emerged and the ‘Wainwright’ look
was established. However, the actual
design work was supervised by the
SECR’s Chief Draughtsman, Robert
Surtees, with Wainwright providing
broad design parameters and
∆
DID YOU
KNOW?
In 1943/44, three of the ‘H’
Class - Nos. 1177/84 and 1259 -
were loaned to the LMS in Scotland.
They were based at Forfar, near
Dundee, more than 400 miles from
home and used on trains to Arbroath.
Unlike the resident locomotives,
they were reportedly kept in
immaculate
condition!

19
LOCOMOTIVE PROFILE
selecting the final livery and finish.
First to appear were the ‘C’ Class
0-6-0s and ‘D’ Class 4-4-0s, followed
from late-1904 by the new ‘H’ Class
0-4-4T for suburban passenger work.
Based on the LCDR ‘A’ Class, they were
intended to replace older designs such as
the SER ‘Q’ Class on increasingly heavy
suburban traffic in and out of London, and
on semi-fast passenger trains away from
the capital. Like many four-coupled steam
locomotives, they were a handsome, well-
balanced design and the four-wheel bogie
under the cab meant that they were equally
at home running in either direction. Shared
with several other Wainwright/Surtees
designs, the novel ‘Pagoda’ cab, unique to
Visiting ex-LSWR territory, No. A548 marshals a van
train at Clapham Junction carriage sheds around
1932. C.R. Gordon Stuart/RAS.
20
the SECR, was designed to keep rain from
trickling off the roof onto footplate crews.
Sixty-four locomotives were built over
a five-year period, joined by another
two (Nos. 16 and 184) assembled
from spare components in 1915, after
Wainwright’s retirement. They proved to
be so successful that the boiler became
a standard replacement design used
across several different ex-SER and LCDR
classes, including the SER ‘O1’, ‘R1’ and
‘Q1’, LCDR ‘B1/B2’, ‘R’ and ‘R1’.
Delivered in Wainwright’s gorgeous
deep green livery with ornate lining,
polished brass domes and brass splasher
beading, their decoration was typical
of the period and of the pride pre-
Grouping railway companies took in their
appearance. Most worked on former SER
lines in south London and Kent, but 16
locomotives were fitted with Westinghouse
pumps to make them compatible with ex-
LCDR air-braked stock.
Richard Maunsell replaced Wainwright’s
ornate livery with a much simpler plain
dark green, soon followed by plain
wartime grey, which lasted until 1923. The
Southern Railway initially painted them in
lined olive green and, as with most other
SR types, later went through numerous
variations on the malachite green and
The subject of
Hornby’s SECR
model, No. 308, in
original condition.
RAIL ARCHIVE
STEPHENSON
wartime black themes. After 1948, BR
mixed traffic lined black became the
standard livery, with many locomotives
lasting long enough to receive the post-
1956 late BR crest. All except Nos. 31016,
31532/541/546 received BR black livery.
ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY
As London continued to grow, and its
suburban hinterland expanded, commuter
traffic became much heavier in the years
between the First and Second World
Wars. More powerful locomotives and
electrification started to displace the ‘H’
Class from the mid-1920s and they were
cascaded to stopping trains and branch
line work in Kent and East Sussex.
By this time they had passed into
Southern Railway control (the SECR
being merged with the London & South
Western Railway and LBSCR at the 1923
Grouping which created the ‘Big Four’)
and from 1929, they began to venture on
to former LBSCR lines of the SR’s Central
Section. Two locomotives, Nos. 1263/65
(replaced by Nos. 1544/51/53 in 1943/44),
were also loaned to the Western Section
at Nine Elms, near London Waterloo, for
shunting and empty stock moves between
1941 and 1952.
Despite the loss of two locomotives
The Collector by Hornby

“The Wainwright machines were a
firm favourite with crews, even away
from their traditional SECR lines.”
during the war with cracked frames, the
‘H’ Class reached Nationalisation in 1948
in reasonably good shape. Their duties
continued largely unchanged, working
rural branch lines, main line stopping
services and pilot duties at large stations
in to the 1950s. Between 1949 and 1960,
45 of the 64 survivors were fitted with
push-pull control gear as British Railways
sought to reduce the operating costs of
many rural lines.
Still regarded as useful machines, along
with the ex-LSWR ‘M7s’ (also the subject
of a Hornby model), they continued to
ply their trade in rural Kent and Sussex
throughout the 1950s. Contemporary
reports suggest that the Wainwright
machines were a firm favourite with
crews, even away from their traditional
SECR lines, and were regarded as being
considerably more economical and
faster accelerating than their Drummond
counterparts.
Paired with push-pull sets converted
from conventional locomotive-hauled
stock, often of considerable vintage, they
provided an ideal solution until investment
became available for new trains. However,
this wasn’t their first attempt at push-
pull operation; Nos. 265 and 266 were
converted to work auto-trains as a trial by
hornby.com/thecollector
Southern green No. 1324 at VITAL STATISTICS
Tonbridge shed in March 1936.
Colling Turner/RAS
WAINWRIGHT
‘H’ CLASS
Built: Ashford Works, 1904-09/15
Number Built: 66
Wheel arrangement: 0-4-4T
Length: 32ft 10¾in
Weight: 54 ton 8 cwt
Number of cylinders: Two (inside)
Wheel diameter (driving): 5ft 6in
Wheel diameter (bogie): 3ft 7in
Coal capacity: 1.5 to 2.5 tons
Water capacity: 1,350gal
Withdrawn: 1944-64
Number preserved: 1 (No. 263)
the SECR in 1912, although their position Robertsbridge in Sussex. It was later
in the middle of the test sets caused stored at the South Eastern Steam
delays when taking water as water cranes Centre at Ashford, but in 1975 moved to
tended to be placed at platform ends. the Bluebell Railway (see page 38), where
Some of these ‘Heath Robinson’ it has been a popular member of the
push-pull sets used pairs of Maunsell- fleet ever since. In 2008 ownership was
designed coaches, with a driving cab built transferred to the Bluebell Railway Trust,
into the brake vehicle – as produced which funded an overhaul to return it to
by Hornby, and a perfect steam in 2012.
companion for the BR Now back in full
black model (R3512).
DID YOU Wainwright SECR livery as
However,
KNOW? No. 263, this handsome
After Harry Wainwright’s
electrification of the retirement in 1913, his successor 0-4-4T is a regular
Kent Coast routes – Richard Maunsell – discovered fixture in the Bluebell’s
in the late-1950s, that enough parts had been passenger fleet and
and the closure or manufactured for two extra ‘H’ looks particularly at
modernisation of Class tanks, and they were home with the line’s
other lines that didn’t subsequently assembled, outstanding collection
‘go electric’ marked taking the total number of vintage pre-Grouping
the beginning of the end built to 66. passenger vehicles. It is
for the class. Most were joined at the railway by four
retired between 1959 and 1962, more surviving Wainwright SECR
leaving just a few survivors to work non- locomotives - three of the tiny ‘P’ Class
electrified, and now closed, lines between 0-6-0Ts
Tunbridge Wells and Three Bridges (Nos. 27, 178 and 323) and ‘C’ Class
until the final example, No. 31263, was 0-6-0 No. 592. Only two of the designer’s
withdrawn on January 4, 1964. other locomotives survive; the wonderfully
Fortunately, it remained in store at elegant ‘D’ Class 4-4-0 No. 737 at the
Three Bridges depot until the following National Railway Museum and another
November, when it was purchased ‘P’ Class, No. 1556, at the Kent & East
by the H Class Trust and moved to Sussex Railway. H
21
PRODUCT SHOWCASE

THE FINAL DAY

It’s 70 years since the ‘Big Four’ railway companies were merged and
Nationalised to form British Railways. To mark the end of the GWR, SR, LMS
and LNER, Hornby has released a special series of limited edition models
depicting locomotives as they appeared on December 31, 1947.

GWR No. 6004

King George III
carries the final
post-war version
of GWR lined green
with the crest
between the
‘G’ and ‘W’.

SR No. 21C168
Kenley was almost
new when the
Southern was
Nationalised, having
been completed in
October 1947 at
Brighton Works.

LMS No. 6108

Seaforth Highlander
is a rebuilt ‘Royal
Scot’ in the
company’s 1946
gloss black livery
with red lining and
cream lettering/
numerals.

22 The Collector by Hornby


T
o mark the end of the ‘Big
Four’ railways in 1947,
Hornby is releasing four
limited edition locomotives in
the final liveries of the LMS,
LNER, GWR and SR.
Seventy years later, many people -
even those born decades later - mourn
the loss of the ‘Big Four’. In their 1930s
heyday, the four regional companies
were household names, thrilling the
public with record-breaking runs,
exciting streamlined trains, colourful
liveries, cutting edge technology and
memorable public relations stunts.
However, the Second World War put an
end to their exploits in 1939 and by 1947
the four companies were on their knees,
trying to keep the nation moving on a
railway system that was still reeling from
the punishment inflicted during the war.
By their final year, the ‘Big Four’ had
started to bring back some of their
earlier colour on their front-line express
types, replacing the drab austerity
black of wartime. Hornby’s models
depict some of that late-1940s spirit of
revival - the final flowering of ‘Big Four’
independence.
Starting, in true Ian Allan ABC fashion,
with the Great Western Railway we have
‘King’ 4-6-0 No. 6004 King George III in
the final version of GWR lined green with
the G-crest-W decoration on the tender
(R3516). By 1947, KGIII was already 20
years old, but remained at the top of the
GWR ‘food chain’, taking charge of the
heaviest expresses from Paddington,
such as the ‘Cornish Riviera’.
Considerably newer at the time
hornby.com/thecollector
was Southern Railway Bulleid ‘Battle
of Britain’ 4-6-2 No. 21C168 Kenley
(R3515), completed in October 1947
at Brighton Works and delivered to
Ramsgate for use on Eastern Division
express trains between London and Kent.
Named after one of three main RAF
fighter stations responsible for the air
defence on London (the others were
Biggin Hill and Croydon), Kenley carries
the final version of SR malachite green
with yellow lining and the attractive
‘Sunshine’ lettering and numerals.
“With a large
band of ‘Big Four’
collectors out there
they are likely to
sell out quickly”
Eastern Division ‘BBs’ replaced a
collection of smaller locomotives, from
pre-Grouping 4-4-0s to ‘King Arthurs’ on
these weight-restricted lines, handling
famous trains such as the ‘Golden Arrow’,
the ‘Night Ferry’ and (from May 1948) the
‘Thanet Belle’ Pullman Car express.
Moving north, rebuilt ‘Royal Scot’ No.
6108 Seaforth Highlander (R3517) is
depicted in post-1946 LMS lined black.
Rebuilt from the original Fowler design
with a new tapered Type 2A boiler, frames
and cylinders in 1943, No. 6108 has a
double chimney but no smoke deflectors.
In contrast to the unlined matt black of
wartime, this livery was applied with a
LNER No. 108
Gay Crusader
looks stunning in
post-war LNER
lined green with
unshaded Gill
Sans lettering
and numerals.
gloss finish, embellished with red and
pale cream lining. No. 6108 was allocated
to Leeds Holbeck shed on December 31
1947, and remained there until December
1958. It is ideal for use with Hornby’s
LMS Stanier Period III coaches.
Finally, the LNER representative is
Gresley ‘A3’ No. 108 Gay Crusader
(R3518) in the company’s famous lined
green with post-war unshaded Gill Sans
lettering and numerals. Delivered as ‘A1’
No. 1477, the locomotive was rebuilt
as an ‘A3’ in December 1942/January
1943 and renumbered as No. 108 under
Thompson’s 1946 scheme. On the final
day of the LNER, December 31 1947, it
was allocated to King’s Cross ‘Top Shed’
in London.
A supremely elegant machine, the ‘A3’
looks particularly fine in this version of
LNER green, and the livery has been well
applied. The black and white lining is
crisp throughout, as is the fine red lining
below the running plate.
All the models are supplied with a
numbered certificate of authenticity
and special ‘Last Day’ packaging. All
are DCC ready with eight-pin decoder
sockets and have interchangeable
NEM couplers, fine detail and various
other features. Deliveries will take place
between September and January 2018
with the ‘A3’ arriving first, followed by
the Bulleid ‘Pacific’ (already sold out at
the factory), the ‘Scot’ in November and
the ‘King’ in early-2018.
Just 500 of each have been produced,
with an RRP of £189.99 each, and with
a large band of ‘Big Four’ collectors out
there they are likely to sell out quickly. H
23
PRODUCT SHOWCASE

IN THE SHOWCASE...
A brief review of the latest new Hornby products to reach your local stockist.

‘Merchant Navy’ HOLLAND-AFRIKA LINE

l R3382TTS BR early emblem green
‘Merchant Navy’ No. 35023 Holland-
Afrika Line with TTS sound, RRP
£209.99
Out now is the first version of the new air-
smoothed Bulleid ‘Merchant Navy’ 4-6-2
with factory-fitted Twin Track Sound
(TTS). Decorated in 1950s condition with
the pre-1956 BR ‘cycling lion’ emblem,
No. 35023 Holland-Afrika Line represents
the most common and long-lived look for
the ‘MNs’ before they were rebuilt. This
locomotive entered service at Exmouth
Junction (Exeter) on November 6, 1948
and was named at Southampton Docks
on January 24, 1949 by M.A Pelt, the
Managing Director of the company at the
time. It remained an Exmouth Junction
resident until it was sent for rebuilding on
January 7, 1957.
Fitted with a TTS decoder, the model
offers the most reasonably priced route
to adding a ‘Merchant Navy’ with sound
to your DCC layout. The TTS decoder check with your local Hornby stockist
provides 22 sound functions, including for availability to ensure you don’t miss
eight different whistle tones, wheelslip, out on this impressive model.
coal shovelling, guard’s whistle and a Works with: Hornby R4796-98
coasting function. BR crimson/cream Maunsell coaches.
Already sold out at the factory, please

INSPIRATION DELIVERED: GB Railfreight Class 66/7

l R3573 GB Railfreight Class 66/7
Co-Co diesel 66751 Inspiration
Delivered Hitachi Rail Europe,
RRP £109.99
With more than 6,000 new vehicles due
to enter service with British passenger
operators by 2020, moving new trains
for testing and delivery has become big
business in recent years. One of the
largest contracts involves GB Railfreight
and Hitachi Rail Europe’s Class 800/801
Inter-City Express Programme (IEP) trains,
which are currently going through the named to mark the start of the contract. perhaps anyone looking for an interesting
approval process. GBRf provides crews Appropriately, given Hornby’s impending conversion project re-creating 66751’s
for testing and locomotives to move the release of Hitachi Class 800 models, part in the Hitachi IEP test programme.
Class 800s and 801s around the network. including pre-series sets, it has chosen Works with: Hornby R3579 Hitachi IEP
Since 2015, 66751 has been modified to 66751 for its latest Class 66 model. This test train pack, R3514 GWR green Class
haul IEP sets as part of that deal and was edition will appeal to Class 66 fans or 800/0 train pack, modern freight wagons.

24 The Collector by Hornby


RAILROAD ‘31’ JOINS THE TTS CLUB
l R3592TTS BR green Brush Type 2/
Class 31 diesel D5551 with TTS sound,
RRP £114.99
Twin Track Sound (TTS) is now available
for the Hornby Railroad Class 31 diesel,
providing another reasonably priced way of
adding locomotive sounds to your layout.
The first TTS Class 31 features D5551 in
original BR green with off-white lining and
no yellow warning panels, suitable for the
late-1950s and early-1960s scene. In their
early years, the Brush Type 2s were mainly
allocated to the Eastern Region, with much
of the fleet based in East Anglia.
The TTS decoder features no fewer than
25 functions, most of which are related to
authentic sounds, including horns, engine
sounds, flange squeal, clanging wagons,
LNER ‘CLAUD’ RETURNS IN LINED BLACK
l R3521 LNER lined black D16/3 4-4-0
No. 8802, RRP £149.99
The elegant Holden/Gresley ‘D16/3’ 4-4-0
returns in 1930s LNER lined black as No.
8802. Built at Stratford Works in 1910, the
locomotive entered traffic as Great Eastern
Railway No.1802 in September of that
year. Under the LNER system it became a
‘D15’ before being rebuilt by Gresley as a
D16/3 in April 1933.
Renumbered as 8802 in August 1924,
the locomotive was allocated to Stratford
in March 1926, but moved to Norwich
hornby.com/thecollector
idling and ‘thrash’ mode.
At a penny under £90, this TTS diesel is
less than half the price of most DCC sound
locomotives and should encourage more
people to add some sound to their layout.
Works with: BR goods wagons,
parcels stock, R4629/R4321 BR maroon
Mk 1 coaches
in May 1928. Throughout the rest of its
working life, No. 8802 shuttled between
Norwich, Yarmouth, Yarmouth Beach and
Lowestoft sheds, being renumbered No.
2593 under the Thompson 1946 scheme,
before becoming BR No. 62593.
Ideal for lightweight expresses, and
short passenger trains on cross-country
and secondary routes, this LNER ‘Claud’
can be paired with Hornby’s Gresley teak
coaches – of both the gangwayed and
non-gangwayed type.
Works with: LNER Gresley teak coaches.
CELEBRATING
CLASS 50 AT 50
l R3571 BR blue Class 50 Co-Co
diesel D400, RRP £179.99
To mark the 50th anniversary of the
introduction of the ‘cult classic’ English
Electric Type 4 diesels, Hornby has
released this special edition model of
D400 in original late-1967 condition.
Employed by British Railways on the
West Coast Main Line to haul trains north
from Crewe to Glasgow and Edinburgh,
frequent double heading made the most
of their 100mph capability to improve
journey times. As well as express
passenger trains, the mixed traffic
locomotives regularly hauled parcels/
mail, Freightliner container services and
vacuum-braked goods trains formed of
traditional short wheelbase wagons in
their early years.
The completed locomotives were given
the numbers D400 to D449, although
the ‘D’ prefix was dropped after D436
following the end of steam traction in
August 1968. From 1973 onwards, the
locomotives were numbered as Class 50s
with D400 becoming 50050.
Between 1972 and 1976 the fleet
was gradually transferred to the Western
Region where it helped to eliminate the
last of the ‘Western’ diesel-hydraulics.
Hornby’s model features authentic
period details, illuminated headcode
panels and working marker/tail lights,
NEM couplers and an eight-pin
DCC decoder interface, as well as a
comprehensive pack of detailing parts.
Works with: Hornby R4771-76 BR
blue/grey Mk 1 coaches, BR air-braked
freight wagons.
∆
25
PRODUCT SHOWCASE

BR ‘Castle’ WITH
TWIN TRACK SOUND
l R3383TTS BR early emblem green ‘Castle’ 4-6-0 No.
5050 Earl of St Germans with TTS sound, RRP £199.99
The superb Hornby GWR/BR ‘Castle’ 4-6-0 is also now available
with Twin Track Sound (TTS), adding an extra dimension to your
Western Region layout. The TTS decoder fitted in the tender
provides 22 sound functions, including eight different whistle
tones, wheelslip, coal shovelling, guard’s whistle and a coasting
function.
The class was legendary for hauling the Western’s fastest
trains, including ‘The Bristolian’ and ‘The Cheltenham Flyer’.
No. 5050 Earl of St Germans was one of 155 ‘Castles’ built by
the GWR and BR between August 1923 and August 1950 in
12 batches. It was built at Swindon in May 1936 and originally
named Devizes Castle. It entered traffic at Worcester but
operated right across GWR territory, from Laira to Shrewsbury.
Earl of St. Germans was withdrawn on September 9, 1963 from
St. Philip’s Marsh depot in Bristol. This single-chimney model
also features fine details appropriate to the batch and period
modelled, interchangeable NEM couplers and a bag of optional
detailing parts.
Works with: : Hornby BR crimson/cream Hawksworth and
Collett ‘bow ended’ coaches, R4763-67 BR Collett coaches.
BR Railfreight ‘red
stripe’ grey Class 56
l R3473 BR Railfreight ‘red stripe’ grey Class 56
Co-Co diesel 56108, RRP £169.99
The heavyweight BR Class 56 freight locomotive returns to the
Hornby range in yet another previously unreleased variation.
Although the popular Railfreight ‘red stripe’ livery of the mid-1980s
has been produced before, this is the first time it has been applied
to one of the later Doncaster-built ‘56s’.
The slightly unusual position of the cabside numbers, just under
the windows, has been replicated, as has the smaller version
of the BR ‘large logo’ used on this version of pre-October 1987
Railfreight grey.
Hornby’s Class 56 is an excellent model packed with features
and more than capable of handling 1:76 scale versions of the
heavy freight duties for which the original was designed. In the
period modelled, 56108 was based in the north-east of England
working power station coal traffic, so makes an ideal companion
for Hornby’s HAA 45t coal hoppers.
This model is DCC Ready with an eight-pin DCC interface,
working head and tail lights, interchangeable NEM couplers and a
pack of optional detailing parts.
Works with: Hornby R6829 PGA stone hopper pack, R6890
HFA coal hopper pack, Hornby HAA coal hoppers

KING’S CROSS TOP SHED ‘STREAK’ IN 1950s BR GREEN

l R3522 BR early emblem lined green
‘A4’ 4-6-2 No. 60026 Miles Beevor,
RRP £179.99
The ever-popular ‘A4’ is available again in
BR lined green livery, this time as the rarely-
modelled No. 60026 Miles Beevor. Paired
with a non-corridor tender, No. 60026 is in
1950s single-chimney condition.
Built at Doncaster Works as No. 4485
Kestrel it was initially based at Haymarket
depot in Edinburgh. Moves to Gateshead,
Haymarket (again) and King’s Cross ‘Top
Shed’ followed and it was at the latter that
No. 4485 was renumbered twice, first as after an LNER director before moving back interface in the tender and locomotive
No. 587 and then No. 26, within the space to King’s Cross and eventually becoming BR drive with a five-pole, skew-wound motor
of a month during April and May 1946. No. 60026 in September 1949. powering the three diving axles.
Moved to Doncaster on October 27, 1947, Hornby’s superb ‘A4’ features fine detail Works with: Hornby BR crimson/cream
in November it was renamed Miles Beevor throughout, an eight-pin DCC decoder Gresley (ex-teak) passenger coaches.

26 The Collector by Hornby


Colas COLOURS FOR BRUSH Class 60
l R3572 Colas Railfreight Class 60
Co-Co diesel 60087 CLIC Sargent,
RRP £179.99
Now available in the popular and much-
requested Colas Railfreight livery is the heavy
haul Class 60 diesel. Widely regarded as
one of the best OO gauge diesel locomotive
models, the Class 60 features superb looks,
great detail and plenty of haulage power for
heavy freight trains. A five-pole skew-wound
motor drives all six axles and the model has
working LED lights and an eight-pin decoder
interface on the chassis.
EARLY Br BULLEID ‘Battle of Britain’
l R3525 British Railways malachite
green ‘Battle of Britain’ 4-6-2
No. S21C159 Sir Archibald Sinclair,
RRP £179.99
Depicting an air-smoothed Bulleid ‘Light
Pacific’ from the very early British Railways
period of 1948/49, this model carries the
attractive Southern Railway malachite green
‘sunshine’ livery but with BR lettering.
No. 21C159 Sir Archibald Sinclair was
built at Brighton Works and entered traffic
on April 3 1947, allocated to Nine Elms
depot in London. Exceptionally, it was
transferred to the former LNER shed at
hornby.com/thecollector
Built at Brush Traction, Loughborough,
in December 1993 as works number 989,
60087 was named Slioch until December
2003, then renamed Barry Needham from
May 2004. After a long period out of use it
was sold to Colas, reactivated and renamed
again at a ceremony at Long Marston in
June 2014, this time after the charity CLIC
Sargent. It can currently be seen all over the
country hauling a variety of freight traffic,
including cement, oil, bitumen and logs.
Works with: Hornby modern freight
wagons.
Stratford in April 1949 for trials on the Great
Eastern Main Line. As such, this model is
suitable for both SR and ER modellers.
‘Sir Archibald’ returned to Nine Elms in
May 1949 before heading west to Exmouth
Junction on April 11 1951. It would have
been a regular sight on the Southern’s
‘Withered Arm’ routes in north Devon and
Cornwall. Transferred again on October 10
1955, this time to Salisbury, the locomotive
was rebuilt in spring 1960, before being
withdrawn in May 1966.
Works with: Hornby R3734-37 SR green
Maunsell coaches.
NEW GWR ‘Toad’
20t brake vans
l R6823/24 GWR/BR ‘Toad’ 20t
brake vans, RRP £22.99 each
Hornby’s gradual replacement of its
wagon fleet with more up-to-date
models continues with an all-new version
of the familiar Great Western Railway
(GWR) AA15 ‘Toad’ 20 ton goods brake
van. It replaces an elderly model that can
trace its origins back to the Airfix range
of the late-1970s.
Immediately after the First World War,
the GWR updated its characteristic
single-ended AA11 ‘improved goods
brake van’, to the new AA15 diagram.
This design differed from earlier vehicles
by having GWR self-contained buffers
and drawgear, single paned windows,
steel sheeting on the lower body, an
offset chimney, continuous handrails, ‘J’
type hangers and GWR axleboxes.
Hornby’s new AA15 van is available in
GWR dark grey as No. 56686, allocated
to Rogerstone in south Wales, and BR
unfitted grey W68571, a Cornish vehicle
allocated to local duties - most likely
china clay trains - around Par.
Both display an impressive level
of fine detail, notably the bodyside
handrails, verandah fittings, metal buffers
and crisply moulded body with its
characteristic mix of wooden planking
and riveted steel sheet. Looks, shape
and detail are a considerable advance
on the model they replace.
Works with: Hornby R3462/63‘42XX’
2-8-0Ts, ‘72XX’ 2-8-2T, ‘Hall’/‘Grange’
4-6-0s, GWR/BR goods wagons.
∆
27
PRODUCT SHOWCASE

BR Mk 1 family expands with two all-new vehicles

l R4777 BR blue/grey Mk 1 Brake
Second Open W9353, R4778 BR
blue/grey Mk 1 First Open W3123,
RRP £41.99 each
A useful vehicle missing from the OO gauge
Mk 1 fleet, until now, is the Brake Second
Open (BSO). However, thanks to Hornby we
can now model a broader range of BR era
trains more accurately with BSOs in 1960s
BR maroon and 1970s/80s blue/grey.
Shown here is blue/grey W9353, one of the
1959/60 batch of BSOs built by Gloucester
RCW and delivered to the Western Region.
Less numerous than their Brake Second
Corridor (BSK) sisters, the BSOs also had
shorter careers, although some lasted well
into the 1980s in Scotland.
Also out now is the all-new Mk 1 First
Open (FO), the first model of this numerous
type in OO gauge to be produced for some
years. The FO will also be offered in BR
maroon, the first of many different liveries to
come over the next few years. FO W3123 Aspects such as the fixed NEM coupler W5025 (R4776), fitted with the company’s
is one of the first new generation Hornby pockets and moulded handrails betray the impressive new Commonwealth bogies.
Mk 1s to ride on the new Commonwealth model’s origins in the Railroad range, but bogies. These were fitted to many vehicles
bogie, making it suitable for 100mph the higher price does buy you more detailed from the early-1960s to improve ride quality
operation with later Mk 2 stock. decoration - in this case neatly executed - and increase top speed to 100mph.
Like Hornby’s other recently-tooled and metal wheels with free-running axles. Works with: BR blue diesel & electric
Mk 1s, the BSO and FO capture the classic Also out now is a matching Hornby Mk 1 locomotives, R4771-76 BR blue/grey Mk 1
shape and look of the BR standard design. Tourist Second Open (TSO) decorated as coaches

Wartime black ‘Arthur’

l Hornby R3527 SR wartime black ‘N15’ 4-6-0 No. 742
Camelot, RRP £174.99
Although it has been around for some years, the ‘King Arthur’
remains one of the finest models in the Hornby range. A rare
release in 1940s Southern Railway wartime black is No. 742
Camelot, one of the ‘Urie Arthurs’ dating from 1919. It is
superbly decorated in satin black with yellow ‘Sunshine’ lettering
shaded in green. No. 742 has the Urie cab and a bogie tender
with flared top edges. Smoke deflectors were fitted in June
1928 and are correctly carried on this model, which is suitable
for the mid- to late-1940s period.
Works with: Hornby R4734-37 SR green Maunsell coaches,
SR goods wagons.
New LNER guise for ‘Q6’
l Hornby R3541 LNER black ‘Q6’ 0-8-0 No. 2265,
RRP £159 .99
Inherited from the North Eastern Railway, the LNER ‘Q6s’ were
rugged, powerful machines that spent more than 50 years
hauling coal trains in north-eastern England.
This new edition takes us back to the LNER era and offers a
second option for modellers of the 1923-48 period. Application
of the shaded LNER lettering and numerals is excellent.
No.2265 entered traffic in March 1920 at Tyne Dock, having
been built nearby by Armstrong Whitworth. By June 1930 it was
based at Newport (Co. Durham). In September 1944, No. 2265
moved to Neville Hill in Leeds, before returning to Newport in
May 1947 with its new LNER number 3422.
Works with: Hornby LNER and private owner coal wagons

28 The Collector by Hornby

 GWR IC125 Power Cars
l R3510 Great Western Railway green Class 43 HST
power cars 43187/188, RRP £289.99
Although they will start to be replaced by new Hitachi IET bi-
mode trains from October, some of Great Western Railway’s
Inter-City 125 sets are gradually gaining the company’s new dark
green livery.
This new pack containing one powered and one unmotorised
Class 43 power car features 43187 and 43188 – which were
among the first locomotives to go green. Both have since gained
‘The Welshman’ vinyls with stylised dragon logos, rendering
these models historic already, but they should still be popular
with modellers of the contemporary scene. The limited edition
run of 1,000 packs has already sold out at the factory, but they Plain green Class 71
should still be available from Hornby stockists if you’re quick. l R3568 BR plain green ‘HA’/Class 71 Bo-Bo electric
Matching Mk 3 trailer cars will be released to complement this E5018, RRP £169.99
pack shortly, allowing you to assemble a reasonably accurate Hornby has released a further variation of its Southern Region
2+8 GWR HST set. From 2018, the operator will also have Class 71 (original SR designation ‘HA’) electric, featuring a later
a small fleet of 2+4 HSTs for semi-fast services in the West version of BR green without the red waistband. The omission
Country, prolonging the lives of these outstanding trains for a few of that attractive detail leaves the ‘HA’ looking somewhat plain,
more years. although the off-white roof panels and windscreen surrounds help
Works with: Hornby R4779-81A/R4815 GWR green Mk 3 to alleviate the mass of green.
trailer cars. This model is well decorated and accurate for this particular
locomotive in mid-1960s condition. E5018 entered traffic in April
1960 at Stewarts Lane depot in Battersea. Transferred to Ashford
Chart Leacon in August 1966, in December 1968 the locomotive
was renumbered E5003 following the conversion of ten ‘HAs’ into
Class 74 electro-diesels. It became 71003 in December 1973,
but in October 1976 it was stored at Ashford and scrapped at
Doncaster Works in November 1977.
Pair it with: BR(S) Mk 1 coaches, BR goods wagons.

Welcome back: UPDATED BULLEID ‘Q1’ RETURNS

l Hornby R3559 Southern black
‘Q1’ 0-6-0 No. C24, R3560 BR late
crest black ‘Q1’ No. 33032,
RRP £149.99 each
One of the most unconventional, but
popular, models released by Hornby
over the last couple of decades is Oliver
Bulleid’s fantastically ugly but charismatic
‘Q1’ 0-6-0. It’s been out of the range for
several years but is now available again
in Southern wartime black and BR late
crest livery.
These new releases, SR No. C24 and
BR No. 33032, feature a modified DCC
socket and tender coupling arrangement
to bring them into line with current Hornby
steam locomotive practice. The eight-pin pleasing satin finish. The Hornby ‘Q1’ is ageing well; it more
socket is now in the tender, along with If these particular machines don’t fit than stands up to current standards of
provision for a speaker, while the standard your requirements, Rails of Sheffield and detail and performance and remains a
four-pin plug and lead now connects the Locomotion Models have commissioned quirky but capable locomotive for medium
locomotive and tender. exclusive runs of preserved No. C1/33001 to heavy goods work. Recommended.
Both models are neatly, if sparsely, from the National Collection in Southern Works with: Hornby SR and BR
decorated with crisp printed details and a and BR late crest livery respectively. goods wagons H

hornby.com/thecollector 29
HORNBY HEROES
ROUNDHOUSE HOSTS
It’s not often that Britain’s two favourite locomotives can be seen together, but they were
united in September to celebrate the reopening of a unique piece of our railway heritage.
H
ornby favourites No. 60103
Flying Scotsman and No.
60163 Tornado were the
star guests at the grand
reopening of Barrow
Hill Roundhouse, near Chesterfield, on
September 21.
Britain’s only surviving roundhouse engine
shed has reopened to the public after a
£1.4million restoration supported by the
Heritage Lottery Fund, which will secure the
future of the building for years to come.
Barrow Hill’s ‘Moving Forward’ Project
is designed to broaden the Roundhouse
30
audience to include families, the local
community and corporate users. It has been
achieved through conservation repairs to the
roundhouse and its buildings, a sympathetic
extension that creates a new entrance, café
and upgraded facilities for educational visits
and corporate use.
However, the real highlight for visitors was
the pairing of the two icons of steam; the
National Railway Museum’s Flying Scotsman
(Hornby catalogue number R3508TTS) and
‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado (R3060). It was the
‘A3’s’ first visit to the Roundhouse since it
attended a BR Open Day in 1974. It was
also the first opportunity for many people to
see the world-famous ‘Pacific’ alongside its
100mph descendent Tornado.
The two ‘Pacifics’ are among the most
popular items in the Hornby range, both
being produced in various liveries over
recent years. Both are also hugely popular
with enthusiasts and the general public and
draw large crowds wherever they go. After
the official reopening, they remained on
shed for several more days, hauling public
trains over the depot’s demonstration line
and helping to draw thousands of visitors to
the unique Derbyshire depot.
The Collector by Hornby

World-famous ‘A3’ No. 60103
Flying Scotsman in the
roundhouse. BEN JONES.
Iconic ‘Pacifics’
Construction of Barrow Hill Roundhouse
was completed in November 1870; it
comprises 24 roads, gathered around
a central turntable, of which the longest
is 80ft and the shortest 60ft. Although it
is called a ‘roundhouse’, the building is
actually square! It was built to a standard
Midland Railway design; similar buildings
once existed at various locations, including
Barrow Hill’s ‘twin’ shed at Hasland, south
of Chesterfield.
Officially known as Staveley by the
MR and LMS, after 1948 the shed was
renamed Barrow Hill to avoid confusion
with the ex-Great Central, ex-LNER shed
of the same name, situated nearby on the
GCR’s main line between Sheffield and
Nottingham. Barrow Hill closed to steam
hornby.com/thecollector
in October 1965, but continued as a
diesel depot serving the local coal industry
until February 1991. It was saved from
demolition by the Barrow Hill Engine Shed
Society soon after, but the site was not fully
secured until 1997, when the mammoth
restoration of the derelict building started.
Home to a large collection of preserved
steam, diesel and electric locomotives,
many of which are unique or historically
important, the depot also sees regular visits
from main line steam locomotives, such
as Tornado, for servicing. Today, Barrow
Hill is not just a preservation centre and
museum, but a thriving commercial facility
for the maintenance, repair and overhaul
of locomotives and rolling stock for the
modern rail network. H
The impressive front end of Peppercorn
‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado at Barrow Hill on
September 21. BEN JONES.
INFORMATION
VISIT BARROW HILL
See the restored depot for yourself
by visiting at weekends or during the
special events held there each year.
See the website below for more
information on the roundhouse, its
history and forthcoming events.
Barrow Hill Roundhouse,
Campbell Drive, Barrow Hill,
Chesterfield S43 2PR
Web: www.barrowhill.org
31
An Ideal Christmas Gift!

Now available at
 1S
LA NO
T
UN VE
RECOMMEND

C M
H B
ES E
A FRIEND & WIN!

R
Do you have a friend who you think would
enjoy the benefits of The Collector?
Introduce them, and once signed up complete, you and a
friend will be automatically entered into a chance for you
both to WIN £300 to spend on Hornby products.

Its as easy as 1, 2, 3...

1 2 3
Invite Leave the rest to us Win
Simply visit We will contact your Upon successful sign up,
Hornby.com/thecollector friend and progress the we will enter both of you into
and go to recommend a friend membership application the monthly prize draw

Get started by visiting hornby.com/thecollector

For full terms and conditions, please see the website

M LIKE US!
FACEBOOK.COM/OFFICIALHORNBY N FOLLOW US!
TWITTER.COM/HORNBY V WATCH US!
YOUTUBE.COM/HORNBYHOBBIESLTD
COMPETITION

WIN! A SUPERB
RAILWAY PRINT AND
GREETINGS CARDS
Answer the simple question below to be in with a chance of winning
this evocative painting depicting the final years of BR steam:

Q: Which locomotive was the

subject of James Green’s first Prize Details
railway painting? Win this stunning 20in by 16in limited edition framed print of
‘Black Fives at Willesden 1963’, signed and numbered by the
A. Flying Scotsman artist James Green. The painting will also be supplied with a
B. Iron Duke certificate of authenticity and the winner can choose to have
C. Tornado their picture in a dark wood, pine, gold or silver frame. A set of
Email your answer to TheCollector.competitions@hornby.com by James Green greetings cards will also be included into the prize.
December 1, 2017. The winner will be announced in the next The prize package including postage is worth £89.50.
edition of The Collector.

Talented railway artist James

Green tells The Collector how
he got started and what his
inspirations are.

Q: How did you get started as a railway

painter?
A: I had been painting landscapes as a
professional artist for a number of years but
I felt I needed a bigger challenge. My father-
in-law, a keen railway modeller, suggested
painting a steam locomotive. Many artists
will tell you this subject is one of the most
difficult to paint or draw so I was up for the
task!
I studied technical illustration at college so
I knew I had the background knowledge to
draw all the ellipses and get the perspective
correct, which is critical to creating a
successful railway painting. I was unsure
however which locomotive, era or region to
paint but around this time Tornado had just
been completed. As a result, I decided to do
a painting of this magnificent machine on its
first run to King’s Cross. I was really happy
with the finished painting, sold the original

34 The Collector by Hornby


and the limited edition prints turned out
to be my best seller that year. Now I was
starting to get a different type of collector
of my work, all wanting to know what my
next railway subject was going to be and
when it would be ready. From this point on
I knew I had to expand my portfolio with
more railway art.
Q: Do you have a favourite locomotive,
period or region to paint?
A: Locomotive-wise it has to be the
stunning Gresley ‘A4s’. From an artist’s
point of view though I’ve recently fallen
in love with the end of steam era and the
whole neglect and grime is something that
I hope I’ve captured on my ‘Duchess 1964
Crewe North’ painting. This painting was
voted ‘best water-based painting’ at the
annual Guild of Railway Artists exhibition last
year so I think this subject also brings out
the emotions with the viewer. It’s subjects
like this I wish to paint more of in the future.
Q: Do you get many requests from
customers for specific subjects?
hornby.com/thecollector
A: I seem to be getting a lot of requests
lately for diesels, which is a subject I’m yet
to tackle. I think this will be on the cards
in the near future. My paintings take many
months to complete, so before I start a
new one I have to consider if the subject
would be commercially successful.
Q: What’s the hardest part of painting
such dynamic subjects?
A: I’m a very detailed artist so I suppose
this can prove more difficult to produce
more dynamic work than for instance
someone who paints more loosely.
However, when painting a railway scene to
start with you have to make the locomotive
look believable, they have to look solid and
heavy. After I feel I’ve achieved this, then
I try and add power and drama with the
steam and atmosphere.
Q: Do you visit lineside locations to
get inspiration, or use photographs?
A: I frequently visit the lineside, but sadly I
wasn’t born when steam was in its heyday,
so old photographs are a great source
W
O
RT
£9
H
0
of inspiration for me to really capture the
settings of that era I’m trying to re-create.
Q: Which other painters and/or
photographers inspire you?
A: The great David Shepherd is the one
artist I always look to, not only for his
railway scenes but his wildlife paintings
too. My ‘Black Fives at Willesden’ painting
was hugely inspired by some of David’s
works. I often hear people comparing this
painting at my shows I display at to a David
Shepherd work, which for me is a great
compliment.
Q: How can readers get in touch with
you to buy or commission paintings?
A: You can contact via my website
www.jamesgreenart.co.uk.
There you can purchase limited edition
prints, wooden puzzles, greeting cards,
mugs and coasters of my paintings.
Alternatively, customers are free to call me
for prices and details or pay by card on
01733 203230 or 07786 995794 or email
me at james@jamesgreenart.co.uk H
35
RETAILER FOCUS

LOOKS TO THE FUTURE

Ben Jones visits South Yorkshire to find out how one major model railway retailer is
developing its business and working with Hornby on a range of new products.

E
stablished in the back of a
The Rails team.
Spar shop in 1970, Rails of
Sheffield will be a familiar
name to many Hornby
collectors. Now owned
and run by John Barber, son of the late
founder Hedley, his wife Tracy and their
nephews Adam and Oliver Davies, it has
always been a family affair. However, it
now employs 22 across the business,
which encompasses three warehouses,
two outbuildings and four shop units, as
well as an extensive internet presence.
From the beginning, Rails has always
paired its new models business with
a strong presence in the secondhand
market. Today, it buys and sells
thousands of items a year from all over
the world and has become one of the Rails became a corporate partner of the “We wanted to create a unique focus
world’s largest model railway traders on NRM in 2017, cementing those strong links. for Rails in the market so we’ve created
the internet auction site eBay. As it approaches its 50th anniversary, the ‘Rails Limited’ brand to deliver special
In 2002/03 Hedley and John were Rails is looking to the future and working bespoke products.” He continues: “Rails will
instrumental in introducing the National with various partners to develop its have more than one focus in the future but
Railway Museum to the model railway business, as John and Adam told me when we will always be a leading edge supplier,
trade, a relationship which eventually I visited the shop recently. responsive to customers, providing the best
led to the popular National Collection in Already one of the country’s biggest products and service available.
Miniature series and the museum’s recent model railway retailers, how does John see “We’re investing heavily in a new website
success in the model railway business. Rails changing over the next few years? suitable for all users and devices, and a
much higher level of service.”
Adam adds: “The new website will be
tailored to individual needs with interactive
ordering, a credit facility, live stock levels,
high quality imaging and video and sound
where applicable. And we’ve also got the
Rails TV channel to help spread the word via
social media.”
What sort of products will be released
under the Rails Limited brand?
John says: “Rails Limited will be a series
of bespoke products, the result of major
BR ‘Black Five’ No. 45000 will be a strictly limited
new partnership arrangements, particularly
production run. IAN ANDERSON with Hornby. We have exciting plans for

36 The Collector by Hornby


what we’re going to do together. The
first products are BR ‘Q1’ No. 33001 in
BR late crest black and BR unlined black
‘Black Five’ No. 45000 with TTS sound
(see photographs). Both are available with
bespoke finishing, weathering and/or DCC
sound on request.”
He adds: “A further release of an exciting
and unique third product will follow in
November from a new Hornby tooling –
look out for details soon!”
The ‘Q1’ and ‘Black Five’ are available
now from Rails, but numbers are strictly
limited – the batches are considerably
smaller than normal Hornby production runs
and are expected to sell out very quickly.
John continues: “We’re also working with
other manufacturers on a range of bespoke
products; look out on the new website
landing page for more information.”
He adds: “Our relationship with Hornby
has developed quickly over the last few
months. We’re very impressed with them,
and Richard Venner in particular, and
how they’ve grasped the concept of the
business and what our future needs will be.”
“We’ve jointly put together exciting plans
for a whole product range in 2018/19,
which will include many all-new items and
some very special versions of existing
products. Along with these new products
we’ve developed new branding and
specially designed packaging, which is
distinctive and attractive.
“We very much see Hornby as our prime
partner and you can expect to see Rails
products featured on Hornby’s stand at the
the Warley NEC show in November, where
we’ll reveal another exclusive joint venture
between the two companies.”
Although we can’t share the details yet, a
number of exciting developments are set to
hornby.com/thecollector
“Rails’ biggest
objectives
are to always
be competitive
on price...”
come out of this relationship and they’ll be
featured in The Collector over the coming
months.
John says: “Another flagship product
for release later this year is our OO gauge
LNER dynamometer car, in both 1938 and
1948 guises, which gives Hornby collectors
something very special to use with both
their existing locomotives from all regions
and some exciting things we’re planning for
2018. Orders are going well, and selling fast
so don’t miss out.”
As a result of this project, Rails Ltd is
now the UK distributor for Rapido Trains
Inc. worldwide products including the new
range of highly detailed 1:76 scale buses.
Online focus
“Rails is very much focused on modern
ways of doing business” says Adam. “But
Rails’ other Hornby exclusive is NRM ‘Q1’
No. 33001 in BR livery. Both this and the
‘Black Five’ feature bespoke packaging with
the Rails Limited artwork. IAN ANDERSON
in our heart we still love the shop.
“Over the coming months we’re going
to invest heavily in turning the first of
our shops into a high-quality destination
attraction. This will allow us for the first
time to let customers wander around
and see the emporium of secondhand,
rare and collectable items from around
the world. The new showroom will also
have a high-level model railway displaying
different products, and will be permanently
staffed by knowledgeable and helpful
members of the team. This is the start
of the redevelopment of the whole retail
operation.
“We’ve also recently invested in new
modern warehousing facilities and are
improving the back offices as well as the
front of house as we take Rails into the
future.”
John concludes: “Rails’ biggest
objectives are to always be competitive on
price and aim to be the best on customer
service, as well as delivering some new
and unique products under the ‘Rails
Limited’ brand.
“None of this is possible without the hard
work, dedication and knowledge of our
fantastic team at Rails and we look forward
to bringing you some very exciting new
products over the coming years.” H
37
On Location

The Bluebell
Railway
Britain’s first standard gauge preserved railway has been around for more than
50 years and is home to a priceless collection of classic steam locomotives, vintage
carriages and atmospheric stations. Ben Jones takes a trip back in time.

On a cold winter’s night

in November 2004, BR
‘Standard Five’ 4-6-0
7308 Camelot simmers
at Sheffield Park station.
MIKE WILD

38
S
cientists have, so far, failed to
invent a time machine that can
help us visit the past. If we want
to transport ourselves back in
time we have to be content with
re-creations that, despite our best efforts,
often fail to convince.
However, deep in the Sussex
countryside there are places where,
thanks to almost six decades of work by
dedicated volunteers, we can immerse
ourselves in the atmosphere of a long-lost
country railway.
Spend a quiet moment at the wonderful
Horsted Keynes station and, even when
there aren’t any trains, the effect can
be truly bewitching. And then around
the corner comes a beautifully restored
Edwardian steam locomotive, hauling
an equally lovely set of vintage wooden-
bodied carriages. Little wonder the
Bluebell Railway is in demand from
production companies filming period
dramas and Hollywood movies.
Now 11 miles long, linking Sheffield
Park with the National Rail network at
East Grinstead, the railway has grown
into a major regional tourist attraction and
passenger numbers have increased to
levels far beyond anything seen before
the line was closed by BR in 1955 (and
again in 1958 after the initial closure was
deemed illegal!). But, the mix of restored
stations, each set in a different period,
and a superb collection of pre-Grouping,
Southern and BR steam locomotives and
rolling stock should place it high on the ‘to
do’ list of all railway enthusiasts.
The Bluebell was the first preserved
standard gauge, steam-operated railway
in the world to operate a passenger
service, starting on August 7, 1960. That
was less than three years after BR closed
the through route from East Grinstead to
Lewes and eight years before the end of
BR steam. Since then, it has gone from
strength-to-strength, extending from its
initial section between Horsted Keynes ∆
39
On Location
and Sheffield Park, firstly to Kingscote in
1994 and, most significantly, back to East
Grinstead in 2013.
Until 1963, the railway was connected
to the national network via an electrified
link to Haywards Heath via Ardingly. In the
1990s, the railway acquired the trackbed
for this line and has long-term plans
to reopen it, giving a connection to the
Brighton main line.
Although much of the trackbed south
of Sheffield Park towards Lewes remains,
it would require a huge effort to replace
missing infrastructure and the railway has
no current plans to extend in this direction.
Rural idyll
Situated between London and the South
Coast, in the beautiful Sussex Weald near
the Ashdown Forest, the Bluebell Railway
runs through a surprisingly rural area, but
access by train is easy from London and
Croydon. Free car parking is available at
Sheffield Park and Horsted Keynes.
Soon after leaving East Grinstead,
the railway enters much leafier country,
dotted with farms and country houses.
The sparsely populated area was one
of the major reasons behind the line’s
closure by BR long before the arrival the
infamous Dr Beeching, but it has become
a major selling point for the railway since
preservation, especially given its proximity
to the metropolitan sprawl of London.
Continuing through Kingscote and
Horsted Keynes to the southern terminus
at Sheffield Park the hustle and bustle
of the modern steadily diminishes until it
seems perfectly natural to be travelling
behind a steam locomotive in a 1920s
carriage! Sheffield Park is close to the
famous National Trust house and gardens
LBSCR ‘Terrier’ Fenchurch calls at
Kingscote with the Metropolitan
Railway ‘Chesham’ set. MIKE WILD
40
of the same name, providing an alternative
attraction for those who don’t enjoy
poking around sooty, oily old engine sheds
so much (but where’s the fun in that?).
The Bluebell has the largest collection of
preserved steam locomotives in the south
of the England, standing at around 30,
and the most comprehensive collection
of locomotives that operated in the area.
Many achieved fame later in life after
long working careers and have also been
immortalised as Hornby models in recent The wonderfully preserved station at Horsted
years. Sheffield Park has been a regular Keynes is a unique time capsule. MIKE WILD
destination for the company’s research
and development (R&D) team over the
years, resulting in models such as the new
SECR ‘H’ Class, Adams ‘Radial’, Maunsell
‘S15’ 4-6-0 and the Bulleid ‘Q1’, not to
mention the superb Maunsell carriages.
Most residents are accessible to visitors
in the locomotive shed at Sheffield Park,
where machines currently out of service
are stored under cover, or visible in the
yard if they’re rostered to work. The
extensive workshops are not generally
accessible, but up to three locomotives
are usually inside under restoration. The
vast majority of the collection is usually on
display or in action. Nocturnal atmosphere - little wonder the Bluebell
Stroudley ‘Terrier’ Fenchurch, built in has been used for many film and TV productions.
1872, became famous in the late-1950s
and early-1960s as the oldest locomotive Railway locomotive, GWR ‘Dukedog’ 4-4-0
running on BR. Another ‘Terrier’, Stepney No. 9017 Earl of Berkeley, LBSCR Marsh
became famous after the Rev. W. Awdry ‘E4’ 0-6-2T, South Eastern & Chatham
wrote a book about him, which also Railway (SECR) ‘O1’, ‘C’ and ‘H’, Southern
featured industrial 0-4-0T Captain Baxter. Railway Maunsell ‘Q’ 0-6-0 No. 30541,
SECR ‘P’ Class No.323 has become LSWR Adams ‘Radial’ 4-4-2T No. 488 and
something of a celebrity too, after many the only surviving named Southern Region
decades painted in ‘Bluebell Blue’ and BR 5MT 4-6-0 - No.73082 Camelot, plus
carrying the name Bluebell. The railway is projects to reconstruct Brighton ‘Atlantic’
also home to the sole survivors of many Beachy Head and a BR 2MT tank.
classes; the only surviving North London But it’s not just locomotives; the railway
has a remarkable record of saving,
restoring and running pre-BR coaching
stock from the Southern Railway, its
pre-1923 predecessors and other pre-
Grouping railways. As much as anything
else, the opportunity to ride in expertly
restored vintage carriages behind an
appropriate period locomotive is what
sets the Bluebell apart from many heritage
railways. It’s always worth making time to
visit the carriage workshops at Horsted
Keynes and see its skilled craftsmen at
work. Their carpentry, upholstery and
painting expertise recalls a time when
railway vehicles were all built by hand,
using traditional skills that have largely
been forgotten. The railway owns almost
The Collector by Hornby

“The Bluebell is always worth a visit
to soak up the unique atmosphere and
see a host of famous locomotives.”
150 carriages and wagons, many of which
have been restored to original condition,
or awaiting the call to the workshops.
One of the finest examples is the
‘Chesham Set’, built by the Metropolitan
Railway in 1898-1900. They ended their
career on the Metropolitan Line Chesham
branch, and when withdrawn in 1960 they
were the oldest coaches running in the
country. During the early and mid-1960s
they carried much of the passenger traffic
on the Bluebell. In the 2000s, the four
coaches were restored by volunteers
to as close to their original condition as
possible, re-creating a unique century-old
train of matching close-coupled coaches.
All station staff, signalmen, drivers,
firemen and guards, and many other staff
carrying out restoration and maintenance
are volunteers, helping the core of full-
time staff, involved with administration,
hornby.com/thecollector
maintenance of the locomotives and
carriages, and in catering. Out of a
membership of around 10,500, about 800
are active as volunteers.
On Location
The popularity of the Bluebell Railway, and
the large population within easy reach of
it, has led to a steady increase in visitors,
especially since the East Grinstead
extension opened in 2013. Where ‘Terriers’
and ‘P’ Class 0-6-0s once pottered
around with three or four coaches, seven
or eight coaches are now required, hauled
by larger Southern and ex-BR types or
double-headed by two of the smaller
machines. While the steepest gradient is
1-in-55, the prevailing gradient is 1-in-75
for several miles - posing quite a challenge
for the Bluebell’s smaller locomotives. As a
result, most of the line’s locomotives face
Stepney and SECR 0-6-0 ‘O1’ No. 65,
which has recently returned to steam,
head north out of Horsted Keynes
bound for Kingscote. MIKE WILD
FIND
OUT MORE
To discover more
about the Bluebell Railway,
its history, activities, events
and timetables, visit the
new website at
www.bluebell-
railway.com
north up the prevailing gradient.
Another notable feature is Sharpthorne
Tunnel between Horsted Keynes and West
Hoathly. At nearly half a mile, or 731 yards
to be exact, it is the longest in use on any
heritage line in the UK.
However, the railway’s most
recognisable location is Horsted Keynes,
which has featured in many films and TV
programmes over the last five decades.
Keen fans of ‘Downton Abbey’ will
recognise it, but the station was also
featured in ‘The Invisible Woman’, ‘The
Woman in Black’ and ‘John Carter’,
as well as Carlton TV’s remake of
‘The Railway Children’ in 2000. Other
appearances include the BBC’s ‘The
Young Visiters’, ‘Miss Potter’, ‘Wind in the
Willows, ‘102 Dalmatians’ and countless
others, as well as documentaries, pop
videos and fashion shoots.
Whether your loyalties lie with the
Southern Railway or elsewhere, the
Bluebell is always worth a visit to soak
up the unique atmosphere, see a host of
famous locomotives, many of which can
only be found here, or just enjoy a bit of
‘time travel’. H
41
INSPIRATIONAL LAYOUTS

SOUTHERN
STYLE!
More and more people are choosing to build
layouts inspired by the Southern Region thanks to
the growing range of Hornby models. Mike Wild
presents a selection of superb reader layouts.
Photography by Mike Wild & Trevor Jones/Hornby Magazine

‘Selsdon Park’ is more usually operated in the

1990s era, but for a change it was taken back
in time to the days of steam. Here a 1934 era
5-BEL ‘Brighton Belle’ Pullman EMU passes
through the station. Layout by Steve Jones.

Maunsell ‘King Arthur’ 4-6-0 30778 Sir

Pelleus romps through ‘Twelve Trees
Junction’ with a parcels working headed
by a Hornby Maunsell ‘Bogie B’ van.

42 The Collector by Hornby

 ‘Abbots Barton’ models a terminus at the end of a
suburban branch line. Third rail has reached this
increasingly busy location, but it still sports steam
services. A Hornby ‘Schools’ departs with a set of
BR(S) green Mk 1s. Layout built by Derek Prior.

A collection of weathered 2-BIL and

2-HAL EMUs gather outside the carriage
sheds on ‘Twelve Trees Junction’.

hornby.com/thecollector 43
INSPIRATIONAL LAYOUTS

A workstained Bulleid
‘Q1’ 0-6-0 takes coal at
a typically down at heel
coaling stage in the final
years of Southern steam
on ‘Hectorage Road’.
Layout by Malcolm Young.

‘Acol Pier’s’ station building uses A Drummond ‘M7’ 0-4-4T accelerates away
a Hornby Skaledale product as its from ‘Axe Regis’ with a Maunsell pull-push
centrepiece. Layout by Philip Goodwin. set recreating a Southern Region branch
line scene from the early-1960s.

‘Twelve Trees Junction’ is one of two

large exhibition layouts operated by
the Hornby Magazine team. Here a
Hornby ‘2-BIL’ and ‘2-HAL’ formation
overtakes a Hornby Class 73/0.

44 The Collector by Hornby

 A Maunsell ‘Schools’ 4-4-0 draws to
a halt at Selsdon Park as the street
bustles below with London Transport
buses. Layout by Steve Jones.

hornby.com/thecollector 45
INSPIRATIONAL LAYOUTS

‘Acol Pier’ is built both inside A rebuilt Bulleid ‘Merchant Navy’

and outside a shed and includes takes centre stage at ‘Twelve Trees
a continuous run coupled with Junction’ as it overtakes a ‘Q1’ 0-6-0
shunting and branch line operation and a six-car ‘2-BIL’ and ‘2-HAL’
as well as featuring a motive formation arrives at the station.
power depot. Here a Hornby
‘2-HAL’ passes the shed staff half.
Layout built by Philip Goodwin.

‘Batcombe’ models a run-down Southern coastal

branch line and its terminus. A Bulleid ‘Q1’ 0-6-0 leads
the daily pick-up goods across the estuary on the
approach to the station. Layout by Colin Snowdon.

46 The Collector by Hornby

 WANT TO
SEE MORE?
See Twelve Trees Junction
operating on the Hornby stand
at the Warley National
Model Railway Exhibition on
November 25/26 along with
another very special guest. Visit
www.thewarleyshow.co.uk
for more information.

The former Great Western station at Loudwater became a diversionary

route when other lines were closed and even saw Southern Region
trains working through on this single track route. Here a Maunsell ‘S15’
4-6-0 leads a rake of carmine and cream Maunsell carriages through the
countryside after leaving the station. Layout by Daniel Chandler.

hornby.com/thecollector 47
WORKBENCH

Make Your Own

Carriage Gangways
Experienced ‘do-it-yourselfer’ Phil Parker demonstrates a simple and cost-effective
way to eliminate the unrealistic gaps between your passenger coaches.

I
n the last few years, the quality of
models has improved amazingly,
TOOLS but there is one glaring gap, and it’s
REQUIRED been with us since Hornby-Dublo
✓ Tools Required days. Fortunately, for just as long,
✓ Craft knife ingenious modellers have been rectifying
✓ Steel rule the problem meaning this might just be
✓ Small screwdriver
the oldest technique I’ll ever show you.
✓ All-purpose glue
The problem is the gangways between
coaches. As the editor shows on page
50, in real life, they provide us with a safe
and comfortable route from one carriage
to another but require a fiendishly
complicated flexible mechanism. While
we can reproduce this in miniature, it’s
incredibly fiddly, time-consuming work
and the results aren’t likely to stand up to
regular use on a layout. To make matters
worse, the gaps between our coaches
are wider than scale and the curves they
run around are considerably sharper.
What we need is a method that
is quick, simple, robust and cheap.
Hopefully, this ticks all those boxes and
makes your coaches that little bit more
authentic.

48
1 The problem: our OO gauge passengers have
to leap between coaches. Hornby has done
its best with some mouldings to represent the
gangways but with an over-scale gap between
coaches due to the couplings, they are a long
way from touching.
4 The more realistic, method involves a sheet of
thin black card formed into a concertina. For
the Mk 1, I came up with this design. You’ll get a
whole train out of a single A4 sheet.
7 Fix each unit to the coach end with all-
purpose glue. The number of folds might
need to vary depending on your couplings but
the basic design remains the same.
hornby.com/thecollector
2 Whatever we do, the moulded gangways
need to come off. I’m working on a pair of
Hornby Mk 1s, but the methods are similar for
3 More clips hold the corridor connections
in place. Again, these can be bent with
a screwdriver until the part falls off. When
other models. Unclip the body, easing the clips working, sit the model on a cloth so you don’t
with a screwdriver. I managed to break a couple scratch the roof.
but the coaches went back together OK.
5 Once cut out and folded, the two parts
interlock as you can see in the photo.
Push them together until you make the little
6 Gangway connections aren’t rectangular,
they taper in towards the top but it’s easier to
cut this one the concertina is made up. Use the
concertina and then push this flat. original moulding as a guide.
8 Placed together, the gangways should spring
against each other and stay in contact as
the train runs around your layout. I have seen
a canvas top added using tissue paper but that
can stop the concertinas flexing. At least our
9 If all this seems like too much work then
ready-made versions are available from
Modellers Mecca, specifically designed for
passengers don’t need to jump now! different models such as this 1980s Lima model. ∆
49
WORKBENCH
Coming Through! A brief history
of carriage gangways
Early railway passenger coaches were
based on designs borrowed from horse-
drawn stagecoaches and carriages. Often
little more than open wagons for Third
Class passengers, the levels of comfort
were slightly better for Second and First
Class passengers, but the vehicles were
still self-contained without access to
toilets or catering facilities.
As the 19th century progressed,
competition for traffic between railway
companies led to a gradual evolution in
passenger vehicle and improvements
such as toilets and the introduction of
on-train dining. Such features led to
increasingly long bodies, moving to six-
wheel, eight-wheel and eventually the
bogie arrangement we recognise today.
But, despite their size and increasing
comfort, the vehicles were still self-
contained, with separate toilets provided
for passengers from different classes.
In 1869, a pair of Royal saloons was built
for Queen Victoria with flexible gangways
between the coaches but it was not until
50
1888 that the London & North Western
Railway introduced the first gangwayed
stock for regular use – pairs of First Class
dining saloons for the London-Manchester/
Liverpool route. In parallel with the
development of Pullman and dining trains,
carriages with side corridors and through
gangways were introduced on the most
important trains from the 1890s, setting
standards that would last, with gradual
improvements, until the 1970s.
However, away from the main lines, non-
gangwayed coaches remained standard for
branch line, local and commuter trains until
the 1960s, with some London suburban
routes still using non-gangwayed BR EMUs
until the early-1990s.
Gangways themselves have also
evolved over the last century, from rickety
suspended connections using canvas
bellows (with daylight often visible through
the torn canvas!) via wider, more secure
Pullman gangways to sealed, airtight
connections such as those on BR
Mk 4s.
An artists’ impression of the new Bombardier
Aventra EMUs being built for Greater Anglia,
complete with wide gangways between cars.
Since the late-1990s, many commuter
and metro trains have pushed the concept
even further by adopting full body-width
gangways between cars, similar to those
seen on trams and articulated buses. The
latest generation of commuter EMUs such
as the Siemens Thameslink Class 700s for
and Bombardier Class 345s for the new
Crossrail link make use of their gangway
spaces to provide extra standing capacity
at peak times, as well as increased
visibility and security through the train for
passengers and staff. H
The Collector by Hornby
 Come and see

at the following shows this Autumn...

14th-15th October 2017

The National Festival of Railway Modelling,East of England
Showground, Peterborough, PE2 6XE
The 2016 National Festival of Railway Modelling hosted over
30 layouts from a variety of major scales and gauges plus over
100 quality traders and demonstrators. Visitors were able to stock
up on essentials for their hobby and enjoy a family day out, our
Peterborough Show offers something for everyone.

11th-12th November 2017

Spalding Model Railway Exhibition,
Springfields Event Centre,Camelgate,
Spalding. PE12 6ET FIRST CLUB
MODEL & CLUB
DAY TO BE
UNVEILED AT
WARLEY 2017.
Come see us on the
stand or visit
Hornby.com/thecollector
25th-26th November 2017 from the 25th November
for more details
Warley National Model Railway Exhibition,
National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham B40 1NT
The Warley National Model Railway Exhibition is one of the UK’s
premier model railway shows. Held in Hall 5 at the National
Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, the show boasts exhibits from all
the major model railway manufacturers, including Hornby.

Keep up to date with all the latest Hornby News and Shows programme at Hornby.com

M LIKE US!
FACEBOOK.COM/OFFICIALHORNBY N FOLLOW US!
TWITTER.COM/HORNBY V WATCH US!
YOUTUBE.COM/HORNBYHOBBIESLTD
Mailbag

GET IN TOUCH

@
TheCollector.editor
Mailbag
Share your thoughts, memories and questions with us!
@hornby.com

The Collector,
Hornby
Hobbies Ltd,
Third Floor,
The Gateway,
Innovation Way,
Discovery Park.
Sandwich.
CT13 9FF
A job for a ‘Grange’
Q I’d like to add a Hornby ‘Grange’ 4-6-0
to my collection, but I’ve no idea what
trains the real thing would have worked, or
braked) goods trains of perishable products from
the West Country. These trains transported fresh
fruit and vegetables, flowers, milk, fish and meat
what models I could buy to run with it. Were from Cornwall and Devon to London.
they freight or passenger locomotives, and Suitable goods wagons include GWR and BR
where in the country did they work? 12t ventilated, fish, meat and fruit vans, cattle
James Carter, Washington, Tyne & Wear wagons, six-wheel milk tanks and bogie vans
such as the Hornby GWR/BR Hawksworth

A The ‘Grange’ 4-6-0s were a mixed traffic

type introduced by the Great Western
Railway in 1936. They were essentially a smaller
wheeled version of the ‘Hall’ 4-6-0 (which is also
in the Hornby range) designed for hillier routes
such as those in Devon and Cornwall. As mixed
traffic machines they were designed to haul
both goods and passenger trains, although they
did much of their best work on fitted (vacuum
passenger brake. Open wagons for general
merchandise, are also a possibility.
The Hornby Hawksworth coaches in GWR and
BR livery are also ideal for use with the ‘Grange’,
as are the more recently released GWR/BR
Collett coaches. With their smaller wheels, the
‘Granges’ tended to be restricted to slower
passenger trains such as main line stopping
services and cross-country secondary trains.

New Eurostar wanted

Q Hornby has always
produced models
of the latest high-speed
trains, from Inter-City 125s
to Pendolinos, Javelins
and now the Hitachi
Intercity Express Train
(IET). Do you have any
plans to release a model
of the latest Eurostar e320
trains, to complement the
facebook.com/ Class 373s that have been
officialhornby available for many years? New (right) and old
Attached is a Eurostar trains at
photograph I took at Brussels Midi station.

Brussels Midi station

@hornby recently, showing the new
and old Eurostar trains
together – I’d quite like to
re-create this on my layout
Instagram.com/ at home some day!
officialhornby Pete Brickett, Glossop
A
There are no plans at
the moment to produce
the sleek new Eurostar e320/
Siemens Velaro in OO gauge,
although we never say
‘never’.
Our most recent Eurostar
train pack (R1176) features a
refurbished Class 373 set, or
e300 as they are now known,
in the latest Eurostar blue/
grey livery.

52 The Collector by Hornby

 Hugely popular with enthusiasts and the
Blown away public, ‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado pauses at
Peterborough on May 6. BEN JONES
by Tornado
I recently had the
privilege of a trip behind
Peppercorn ‘A1’
No. 60163 Tornado on
the East Coast Main
Line. What a wonderful
machine!
The trip inspired me
to add a Hornby model
of the ‘A1’ to my OO
gauge steam locomotive
collection. I would urge
other Hornby collectors
to take the opportunity
to travel behind Tornado
if it arises as it is an
amazing piece of British
engineering. If only my
model could be built in
Britain too!
Albert Hall, Cambridge

Can I convert
Holiday journeys to Cornwall RECALLED my Sentinel
Ian Lamb’s article ‘First Class to Cornwall’
brought back many early life memories.
to DCC?
Q
Having been returned to London from I recently bought a
Cornwall, aged 9, in 1943, my wish was Hornby Sentinel diesel,
to return to Cornwall. Everything was very but when I took it apart to
difficult in London at that time and I was a fit a DCC decoder I noticed
complete stranger to everything! that it doesn’t have the usual
My family couldn’t afford the fare to send eight-pin or 21-pin socket.
me back, so if I wanted to go the effort had Can you tell me whether it is
to be mine. I took on a newspaper round DCC compatible and what
(even though you were not supposed to decoder I need to convert it?
work until age 11!) and opened a savings John Watson, London
account, buying stamps so that I could pay

A
for the journey to Cornwall the next year.
crossed the tracks. Your Sentinel can be
In the summer of 1944, as the V1
The ‘Riviera’ stopped at Par, but not at St Austell, converted for DCC
‘Doodlebug’ flying bombs were landing on
which seemed strange as it was the busier station. operation using an X9659
London, I was Cornwall-bound again. The
However, the 11.00am did stop at St Austell. four-pin decoder, available from
train from Paddington to St Austell cost
The journey had many interesting points, and the Hornby stockists and www.
£4.0s for a child return and a seat reservation
anticipation grew as it went further west, passing hornby.com
was a shilling extra.
Dawlish and crossing Brunel’s Tamar bridge, A small decoder is required
I would go for one of two trains; the
looking down at seemingly hundreds of Royal Navy for the Sentinel (and Peckett
‘Cornish Riviera Express’, which left
and merchant ships in Plymouth Sound. 0-4-0ST) because of a shortage
Paddington at 10.30am or the 11.00am.
I did this journey every year for the next eight of internal space for standard
Sometimes they were so busy in summer
to ten years and little changed over that period. decoders. If you’re still not sure
that relief trains ran for both. Trains departed
They have certainly changed since but I still get my about it, look out in the next
‘full and standing’ with passengers in the
pasties from Warren Bakeries! issue of The Collector for a
corridors and sometimes the guard would
I’ve attached a photograph of the Hornby train step-by-step guide. H
allow passengers to stand in his van.
To travel you had to be at Paddington an set started for my son David in 1966 and gradually
hour before departure time. No passengers developed by him. In the 1990s the board was
were allowed on to the platform and the increased in size and now gives much pleasure to
queue snaked out of the station, down the us and our six grandchildren.
road outside and back across the bridge that Reg White, Hornchurch, Essex

hornby.com/thecollector 53
INSIDE VIEW
The start of
something new…
Introducing his new regular column, Hornby’s Head of Brand Richard Venner
gives some insight into recent changes at Hornby and its plans for 2018.
Y
ou’ve come to the end
of your first new-look
magazine and hopefully
you like what you see.
The changes to the club
are visual, but it’s not just here where
we’ve made changes. With more yet to
come, I wanted this first column to be an
insight into what we’ve been working on,
some of our thinking and a few things
on the horizon.
I arrived at Hornby to re-engage,
rebuild and re-imagine our marketing
capability. Hornby is a classic brand, an
icon, with almost universal awareness.
It needs a dedicated team that lives and
breathes the hobby.
The first change, last summer, was
to carve out a dedicated Hornby team,
focused on model railways. My summer
was then about getting out into the
market, meeting a broad cross-section of
people from across the hobby.
It soon became apparent that three key
areas had drifted from focus and needed
immediate attention; our relationship with
the model railway press, our presence at
shows and our catalogue.
The shows represent an opportunity
to get out of the office, meet the
community, share ideas and see how we
are perceived. The catalogue links to this,
but is so much more than a product list.
We’d messed up with the 2016 booklets,
and moving back to the traditional format
was key. We couldn’t do it in time for
2017, so 2018 is about building content
and interest for the reader. We see it as a
tailored magazine special, dedicated to
our upcoming year.
The specialist model railway press
dovetail and complement both the
shows and catalogue activity, linking
new product releases, shows and the
broader dialogue around the hobby.
54
Rediscovering the knack of juggling samples
prior to launch, being more responsive and
giving greater accuracy on launch dates
was key. We’d become sloppy, and it’s been
bumpy, but we’re getting there.
Not attending shows means we miss
opportunities to engage, and not being
in the magazines reduces awareness. By
doing neither you can seem absent. This
is why both have seen significant re-
integration into our plans. Hopefully we’ve
seen many of you this year. I like to be at all
“Hornby is a classic
brand, an icon, it
needs a team that
lives and breathes
the hobby.”
shows, and I look forward to meeting many
more as we push on into 2018, with an
increased show programme, that will see us
add Basingstoke, Bristol and the Bluebell
Railway shows.
Redefining our partnership with Key
Publishing was important too. Utilising
Hornby Magazine to bring new, exclusive
content into the public domain, enabling us
to continue the conversation, blurring the
line between our online content in ‘Engine
Shed’ and our offline content. Key has been
a great partner, and the ‘Inside Hornby’
column is testament to the new approach.
A year on, we’ve established some good
foundations. This autumn sees the revised
club package unveiled following a complete
review. An essential part was improving its
exclusivity, bringing back exclusives and
introducing club days, where we can meet
and engage with our No.1 enthusiasts.
Expect a big reveal at the Warley NEC
show! Inside the magazine, a broader
range of content from across the hobby
gives the reader opportunities to see
beyond the product and get a rounder
view of this diverse hobby.
Alongside this is a bigger, bolder
shows programme, designed to bring the
consumer closer to us and our products.
Warley will see our boldest stand design
ever, with surprises big and small. I’m
excited to see the reaction.
January will also see a greater editorial
push in the Hornby 2018 catalogue,
further blurring the lines across all our
content channels.
Bringing the different interests of the
hobby together, breaking it down, offering
a range of viewpoints, enables people
to make their own judgements. This is
important. Next year will see an all-new
online tool to help you find more of what
you like and understand what works
with what. This will give you the freedom
(and the resource) to make the hobby
what you want it to be, improving its
accessibility and laying the foundations
for the long-term health of the hobby. H
The Collector by Hornby

ES
12 ISSU
R
PER YEA
UPDATE
DECORATED‘DUCHESS’
H
ORNBY has received
the first decorated
samples of its new
Stanier ‘Duchess’ 4-6-2s
encompassing the first three
46235 City of Birmingham will be
fitted with Hornby’s Twin Track
Sound decoder (R3509TTS).
1450 marks Warley 50th exhibition
To mark the 50th Warley Model
Railway Club exhibition, Hornby
is producing an exclusive
limited edition model of GWR
‘14XX’ 0-4-2T 1450. The full-size
locomotive, currently resident
at the nearby Severn Valley
Railway, is to be the centrepiece
8 September 2017
HORNBY COLLECTOR’S CLUB MEMBERS
SAVE £5 ON A PRINT SUBSCRIPTION TO
*Discount not available on digital or Direct Debit subscriptions
locomotives for release in 2017.
The new ‘Duchess’, announced
at the 2016 Warley National
Model Railway Exhibition, is being
released in LMS lined crimson as
6231 Duchess of Atholl (Cat No.
R3553), BR lined maroon with
late crests as 46256 Sir William A.
Stanier FRS (R3555) and with Twin
Track Sound (TTS) in BR lined
green with late crests as 46235
City of Birmingham (R3509TTS).
These first decorated samples will
at this year’s Warley show.
The Hornby model will be a
limited edition of 250 pieces and will
only be available from participating
Hornby stockists at the Warley show
on November 25/26. The ‘14XX’
will use the revived product in the
RailRoad range as its basis and it will
Enter the discount code HCLUB5 at the checkout page when ordering from
be subject to revisions including
correction of the axlebox printing
on 46256. Release is planned for
November 2017 with prices set at
£189.99 for DCC ready versions and
£219.99 for the TTS model of 46235.
The new ‘Duchess’ features a
locomotive drive mechanism, an
8-pin DCC decoder socket and
space for a 28mm round speaker
in the tender, a semi-permanent
coupling between locomotive
and tender and a highly detailed
body which includes the first
ready-to-run version of the final
Ivatt ‘Duchesses’ 46255/46256.
l Visit www.hornby.com
for more information.
be decorated in BR lined green with
late crests as per the real locomotive.
1450 will be delivered in unique
RailRoad packaging with a Warley
50th birthday flash and a certificate
of authenticity priced at £44.99.
Details of participating retailers will
be announced prior to the show.
www.hornbymagazine.com
DEBUTS
FIRST
PICTURES
Southern ‘H’arrives
The third version of Hornby’s
South Eastern and Chatham
Railway Wainwright ‘H’ 0-4-4T
has arrived as a decorated
sample, this time turned out in
Southern Railway olive green
as 1324 (Cat No. R3540).
This version suits the Maunsell
era of the 1920s and 1930s
and will be DCC ready with
an 8-pin socket provided and
features detail differences to
the SECR version (HM121)
and BR black version (HM122).
www.hornbymagazine.com
Differences include later large
shank buffers and no air-pump
for use with push-pull trains.
All versions of the Wainwright
‘H’ are currently scheduled for
release November 2017 priced
at £109.99 per locomotive. The
push-pull train pack containing
31551 in BR black livery and a
Maunsell push-pull set is priced
at £184.99 and due for release
with the solo locomotives.
l Visit www.hornby.com
for more information.
TO CLAIM YOUR DISCOUNTED RATE:
HORNBY magazine
Published monthly in print and
digital format and featuring
exclusive Hornby Hobbies
content, Hornby Magazine takes
a unique approach to model
railways with both the relatively
inexperienced and the seasoned
modeller in mind.
Unique step-by-step guides offer modellers hints
and tips on how to get the most from the hobby.
The very best photography and all the very latest
news inspire and inform modellers of all abilities.
Hornby Magazine is produced independently,
under license from Hornby Hobbies, and is
dedicated to promoting this most rewarding of
hobbies, introducing it to newcomers and those
returning to the hobby. It is written by enthusiasts
for enthusiasts - the editorial and publishing team
are all active modellers who care passionately
about the hobby.
SCALE SIZE PERIOD CONTROL
‘OO’ 40ft x 11ft 1955-1963 ANALOGUE DIGITAL SOUND
INSIDE
Billingham B FITTING SOUND 50
ILLINGHAM was a small Left: Showing the original
station on the line between condition of the Class 50s with
Stockton and Newcastle four-character headcode blind, no
using the route up the front headlight and the distinctive
HORNBY 50
YEARS
to a
cutout in the roof, 50014 departs
‘Hoover’
Durham coast via Hartlepool.
The latest from Hornby HQ Whilst this only provided a
limited passenger service, a wide range of
OF THE
CLASS
London Paddington for Bristol in
1974 with distinctive roar of its
English Electric 2,400hp engine.
freight trains passed through Billingham.
PECKETT IS FIRST BILL STEPHENSON describes Middlesbrough MRC’s ‘OO’ gauge exhibition layout
Peter Dobson/Railphotoprints.co.uk.
Some of these were travelling to and
depicting Billingham station and its approaches from 1955 to 1963 – which is from the Durham coalfields and other s
mineral extraction areas, whilst others
soon to be seen at the Hornby Magazine Great Electric Train Show in October. were using the Haverton Hill branch
line to access the shipyards, chemical
PHOTOGRAPHY, MIKE WILD plants and the coal fired power station
on the north bank of the River Tees.
The layout is a representation of Below: The Class 50s were
Billingham station and the immediate popular machines during their
area in the period 1955 to 1963 prior to
careers which saw them operate
the station being moved to a new location on the Midland, Western and
further to the north of the town. The usual
restrictions in length of baseboard meant
To celebrate 50 years of the Class 50s, PAUL CHETTER Southern Regions of BR. Here
50020 Revenge leads a rake of
‘WD’ 2-8-0
examines Hornby’s DCC ready model of the ‘Hoover’ from Network SouthEast liveried Mk
1 there had to be a significant shortening
90445 2s through Twelve Trees Junction
of the actual track formation to get all
The first item from Hornby’s 2018 range has been revealed as Peckett
‘W4’ 0-4-0ST 560 in Peckett’s works green livery with additional
clanks past the
distinctive signalbox
the points of interest onto the layout.
However, in view of the short length
different periods to explore options for installing sound. representing a late 1980s Exeter-
Waterloo working.
at Billingham with a
T
builder lettering along its footplating. Full details of this 2018 item
can be found in Hornby’s Engine Shed blog on August 10. mixed rake of pipe of the station platforms it was found
sound version - released in 2011 as 50015
carrying wagons. possible to model the section between HE 50th ANNIVERSARY of the English the road speed to be temporarily fixed whilst working fan apparatus will create a much The bodies of each type have almost identical was made and that it was fitted asymmetrically.
the very prominent Davis Bridge and the Electric Type 4, later designated Valiant in BR ‘Dutch’ grey and yellow - have the engine power sounds can be increased larger space usefully adjacent to the radiator construction. What variation is evident relates One of the speaker options left enough free
SOUTHERN ‘Q1’ APPROVED
level crossing, which included the station Class 50, and my own recent sound further revisions not covered in this feature. or decreased by using the throttle control. fan grill and body side louvres. The longest of to the different prototypes modelled rather space in a non-modified model to accommodate
almost to scale. The section to the south recordings of 50035 Ark Royal courtesy All the variants included external lighting - Next a location for the speaker needs to be the Zimo 3D speaker range will fit this newly than construction methods, though this can a Zimo SC6800 supercapacitor, taking
represents the track on the embankment of the Fifty Fund presented the perfect though the circuitry has a common negative found. The model’s underfloor fuel tanks are filled created space and I also tested a bass reflex have an impact upon what or how additional advantage of the MX645’s in-built stay alive
Hornby has received and
approved the final sample towards Norton while to the north we have opportunity to look again at the Hornby wiring scheme rather than the common positive with metal casting for increased mass so there is speaker, which is a simple drop-in fit here. components may be accommodated. management circuitry and dedicated wires.
of its reintroduced Bulleid a short section of the built-up area which model which first appeared in 2003/2004. usually employed. This makes changing the no space available for any speaker there. Hornby’s The first real locomotives had a forced air The Class 50s have always attracted a great
‘Q1’ 0-6-0 as C24 in Southern included the junction to Haverton Hill. With opening cab doors, manually operated lighting arrangements more challenging instructions show a 40mm x 20mm speaker INSTALLATION filtration system which produced a distinctive following and Hornby’s model does great credit
Railway black livery (Cat No. The layout was planned by members variable position radiator grille louvres and a than it might otherwise have been so I’ve fitted at the Number 2 end of the locomotive The body and chassis are held together sound resulting in the nick-name ‘Hoover’. This to these powerful single engine Type 4s. Plus
R3559). The 0-6-0 is due for of the Middlesbrough Model Railway working cooler group fan, the Hornby model left this alone to offer simple installations. (the end without the large central roof mounted with four tabs so there are no screws to was removed during refurbishment in the there is more to come for this class as the Little
release in the first quarter of Club during the early 1990s. Building was and remains something out of the ordinary. cooling fan), but I found the standard enclosure release. I found that the robust bodysides late 1970s/early 1980s. No existing Class 50 Loco Company and Heljan are both working
2018 priced at £109.99.
commenced in its clubroom located » Both models featured were obtained as used COMPONENT CHOICE with these speakers too deep to fit the space. made these clips particularly tenacious. locomotives have the classic ‘sucking’ sound. As on competing ‘O’ gauge models while Dapol
has an ‘N’ gauge version in its list of projects.
examples, so they are well run-in if not in pristine These models have an 8-pin DCC socket, though Low profile enclosures are available, but I One way of preventing the clips from re- a result of these changes, the representation of
ETCHED CRESTS FOR GWR HST cosmetic condition. The most recent models of
the Class 50 are supplied without the working
the early Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design
has four additional pin positions adjacent.
decided to test some more recent solutions.
Zimo produced a range of 3D printed speaker
engaging during the separation phase is to slip
some thin plastic between the body and chassis
early locomotives has a much greater intrusion
into the roof space than those of the refurbished.
For the ‘OO’ model the addition of sound
brings a new dimension to its operation and by
Hornby’s GWR HST power roof fan, although the plastic moulding is Do not use these additional positions. enclosures with single or twin drivers. Three sides. Credit cards are ideal strength and thickness This compromises the space Hornby suggest for using the latest speaker designs and decoder
cars (Cat No. R3510) will retained. This has led me to consider removing it The Zimo MX645R selected for this project is types are available to fit in the standard 20mm x for his task but I used thin styrene sheet off-cuts speaker fitment. I found that the space could still software its capabilities are as advanced
be released with etched
altogether to provide speaker accommodation. a 1.2A sound decoder with multiple Function 40mm space, including one twin driver design. - Hornby’s dismantling instructions show where be utilised provided the correct speaker choice as the quality of its sound output.
metal lettering for optional
The model’s internal design has changed Outputs (10) and is ideally suited to these Since these are integrated units, all that is these clips are situated. Gently prise outwards the
fitting after purchase. The
self-adhesive letters have
since the original release: the ones depicted conversions and there is ample space to house required is to solder speaker wires from the lower edge of the bodysides and slip
been designed to fit over the here were selected from the early type and it inside the body. Importantly, it can be loaded decoder and electrically insulate as necessary. in the strips to prevent re-engagement
printed versions to add a the revised releases to illustrate what you with my latest Class 50 sound project with a new They can be held in place with double of the clips. The body will now slide
finishing touch. may find inside your model. The factory fitted control feature, Speed Lock. Using this allows sided tape or adhesive putty. Removing the upwards and clear of the chassis.
JUNIOR LINE VIDEO
Hornby is creating a new
video to support the launch
of its battery powered Junior
range and showcase all the
features of this new range
of products. Check it out at
www.hornby.com during
August.
COMING UP IN... SEE IT
AT
n Keep up with the latest from the Hornby development team in the
fortnightly online Engine Shed blog. The next blogs will be live on
August 10 - the 60th Engine Shed - featuring the first announcements
for 2018 followed by a second blog on August 25 with more news from
Hornby. Visit www.hornby.com to read the latest blogs.
18 September 2017 86 September 2017
September 2017 9
HORNBY magazine
www.keypublishing.com/shop
Call: +44 (0)1780 480404
quoting discount code HCLUB5 917/17
 CONNECT WITH

M
/officialhornby
N
/hornby
Become a fan of the Official Hornby Join us on Twitter and see
Facebook page and be kept up to our regular tweets about all the
date with all the latest news. Hornby highlights.

V
/hornbyhobbiesltd
P
/officialhornby
Follow our YouTube channel and Follow our picture posts and videos
check out all our latest videos. on our official Instagram page.

/forum
Join the forum where you can ask for
advice, discuss and debate all things
related to railway modelling.

Keep up to date with all the latest Hornby News at Hornby.com

A proud sponsor of the National Railway Museum