Hornby: RailRoad GWR Freight Train Pack
The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2251 Class was a class of 0–6–0 steam tender locomotive designed for medium-powered freight. They were introduced in 1930 as a replacement for the earlier Dean Goods 0–6–0s and built up to 1948. In service they were colloquially known simply as ‘Colletts’.
Specifics:
- Gauge: 00
- Livery: GWR
- Class: 101
- Entered Service: 1901
- Period: 1900s
- Purpose: Light Passenger
- Wheel Configuration: 0–4–0T
Hornby is a household name and is famous as the UK brand leader in the model railway hobby. The company’s founder was Frank Hornby (1863 – 1936) who applied for a patent in 1901 to protect an invention he called ‘Improvements in Toy or Educational Devices for Children and Young People’. Nobody then could have imagined how this product would influence the model railway hobby that we know today.